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Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood: A Cultural Approach, 6th edition

Published by Pearson (June 13, 2017) © 2018

  • Jeffrey Jensen Arnett Clark University

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A cultural approach paints a comprehensive picture of development
  • Author Jeffrey Jensen Arnett emphasizes the impact of culture throughout the text. By informing students about what life is like for young people in cultures from around the world, the text broadens their understanding of the diversity of human development. The text strives to prompt students not only to think critically but to learn to think culturally about the studies they examine.
  • Arnett includes more coverage on emerging adulthood (the age range of 18 to 25) than any other adolescence text. Not only is this particular topic area of interest to students, but it is also a growing area of research.
  • An emphasis on development in varying cultures coupled with a global view encourages students to think outside of their own experiences. This emphasis also encourages students to think critically as they explore the similarities and differences around the world.
  • An interdisciplinary approach — drawing on psychology, anthropology, sociology, history, education, psychiatry, medicine, and family studies — helps paint a comprehensive picture of development.
  • In order to provide a fresh, more comprehensive overview of young people’s development, author Jeffrey Jensen Arnett offers coverage of topics sometimes overlooked in other development texts.
    • A chapter on cultural beliefs emphasizes how these beliefs shape the socialization that takes place in every other context of development, from family to schools to media.
    • A chapter that focuses on cultural variations and historical changes in gender roles, with vivid examples of gender roles and expectations in non-Western cultures, helps students to see how gender acts as a defining framework for young people’s development in a range of cultures.
    • A chapter dedicated to work helps students understand the lives of adolescents in developing countries, many of whom are not in school. This chapter also covers the transition from school to work, an important part of emerging adulthood for many people In developed countries.
    • A chapter on media helps students understand this prominent part of young people’s lives in most societies today.

Student-oriented features foster understanding of key concepts
  • Thinking Critically critical thinking questions in each chapter encourage students to connect ideas across chapters, to consider hypothetical questions, and to apply the chapter materials to their own lives. These questions inspire students to attain a higher level of analysis and reflection about the ideas and information in the chapters.
  • Cultural Focus boxes in each chapter explore aspects of development in a specific culture, which helps students learn how to think culturally (as well as critically) about development.
  • Historical Focus boxes describe some aspect of young people's development during a specific historical period, helping students to understand the role historical context plays in development.
  • Research Focus boxes explain the methods used in a specific study in detail, providing students with detailed examples of how research on adolescence and emerging adulthood is conducted.
  • UPDATED! In the Sixth Edition, learning objectives are more fully integrated throughout the text to help students better organize and understand key concepts. The learning objectives appear at the beginning of each chapter and are also tied to each of the chapter’s subheads.
  • NEW! A chapter summary recaps the content of the chapter and ties directly to the chapter learning objectives, ensuring that students understand the chapter’s key takeaways.

New and updated content ensures an up-to-date learning experience
  • NEW! The Sixth Edition includes new material that will enhance students’ understanding of cultural similarities and differences and how the development of adolescents and emerging adults is influenced by their culture.
  • NEW! Every chapter includes the latest, most up-to-date theory and research related to emerging adulthood to reflect exciting developments in this area.
  • NEW! Hundreds of new citations from 2012–2016 have been added to this edition, incorporating the most recent findings in the field.
  • NEW! Updated content includes coverage of brain development in emerging adulthood in Chapter 3, Cognitive Foundations, and fresh material on slang in Chapter 8, Friends and Peers.
  • NEW! Updated and expanded research on adolescence around the world enhances students’ understanding of cultural similarities and differences and how culture influences development.
  • NEW! The inclusion of updated and expanded theory and research on emerging adulthood ensures that the text reflects the exciting scholarly developments happening in the field.

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Student-oriented features foster understanding of key concepts
  • UPDATED! In the Sixth Edition, learning objectives are more fully integrated throughout the text to help students better organize and understand key concepts. The learning objectives appear at the beginning of each chapter and are also tied to each of the chapter’s subheads.
  • A chapter summary recaps the content of the chapter and ties directly to the chapter learning objectives, ensuring that students understand the chapter’s key takeaways.

New and updated content ensures an up-to-date learning experience
  • The Sixth Edition includes new material that will enhance students’ understanding of cultural similarities and differences and how the development of adolescents and emerging adults is influenced by their culture.
  • Every chapter includes the latest, most up-to-date theory and research related to emerging adulthood to reflect exciting developments in this area.
  • Hundreds of new citations from 2012–2016 have been added to this edition, incorporating the most recent findings in the field.
  • Updated content includes coverage of brain development in emerging adulthood in Chapter 3, Cognitive Foundations, and fresh material on slang in Chapter 8, Friends and Peers.
  • Updated and expanded research on adolescence around the world enhances students’ understanding of cultural similarities and differences and how culture influences development.
  • The inclusion of updated and expanded theory and research on emerging adulthood ensures that the text reflects the exciting scholarly developments happening in the field.

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1. Introduction
2. Biological Foundations
3. Cognitive Foundations
4. Cultural Beliefs
5. Gender
6. The Self
7. Family Relationships
8. Friends and Peers
9. Love and Sexuality
10. School
11. Work
12. Media
13. Problems and Resilience
Jeffrey Jensen Arnett is a Research Professor in the Department of Psychology at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. He is also the Executive Director of the Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood (SSEA; see www.ssea.org). During 2005 he was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He has also taught at Oglethorpe University and the University of Missouri. He was educated at Michigan State University (undergraduate), the University of Virginia (graduate school), and the University of Chicago (postdoctoral studies). His research interests are in risk behavior (especially cigarette smoking), media use in adolescence (especially music), and a wide range of topics in emerging adulthood. He was editor of the Journal of Adolescent Research from 2005 through 2014 and has also edited two encyclopedias, the International Encyclopedia of Adolescence (2007) and the Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media (2007). The second edition of his book Emerging Adulthood: The Winding Road from the Late Teens Through the Twenties was published in 2015. He is also the author of a life span textbook, Human Development: A Cultural Approach (2015, Pearson). He lives in Worcester, Massachusetts, with his wife Lene Jensen and their seventeen-year-old twins, Miles and Paris. For more information on Dr. Arnett and his research, see www.jeffreyarnett.com.

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