I realize most of these have a sardonic humor underlying them but if these various lists can be given any historical credence, I learned one thing: the concept of adolescence is not, as we have been told, a pure invention of the industrial age. Adolescence Psych text books often make it seem as if adolescence is an age of life that didn't exist until, for various reasons including the abuse of child workers and unions resistance to having wages undercut by younger workers and the rise of professionalism conspired to keep children in school for at least twelve years and often until the end of college.
Rick Dr. Rick Froman, Chair Division of Humanities and Social Sciences John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [email protected] ________________________________________ From: Jeffrey Nagelbush [[email protected]] Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 6:30 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Life Span List For those who teach life span, there is a cute listing of various ideas about the stages of "man" (used advisedly) on the op-ed page of the NY Times. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/09/08/opinion/20091019_opart.html Jeff Nagelbush [email protected] Ferris State University Big Rapids, MI ________________________________ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. Get it now.<http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222984/direct/01/> --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
