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Date Posted: 19:42:26 01/31/07 Wed
Author: Julie Falvey
Subject: Chapter Two Discussion

After reading about all of the different developmental theories in chapter two, I think an eclectic theoretical orientation makes the most sense. As in any discipline, the pioneers of a particular kind of thinking, e.g., Freud and Skinner, become the purists, and theorists that come after them build on their work and subsequent theories become more integrated and better defined. I think social changes perpetuate the evolution of adolescence more than any other factor. Biological factors remain largely the same, but the influences surrounding children are constantly changing and are becoming more challenging. I was reading an article entitled “Boys’ Life” in the February issue of the Smithsonian today in which the author described childhood in Des Moines, Iowa in 1950 as “unsupervised, unregulated and robustly physical.” The author goes on to provide this anecdote: “Once when I was about 6, I saw a kid throw a rock at another kid, from quite a distance, and it bounced off the target’s head...and made him bleed. This was talked about for years. People in the next county knew about it. The kid who did it was sent for about 10,000 hours of therapy” (Bryson, 20). Flash forward to Columbine, gang initiations, internet bullying, and the escalation of violence among females. What is causing this escalation in social cruelty among adolescents? How will it impact their adult lives?

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