Jeremy D Jewell, Michael I Axelrod, Mitchell J Prinstein, Stephen Hupp

Great Myths of Adolescence C

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Produktbeschreibung

A RESEARCH-BASED GUIDE TO DEBUNKING COMMONLY MISUNDERSTOOD MYTHS ABOUT ADOLESCENCE Great Myths of Adolescence contains the evidence-based science that debunks the myths and commonly held misconceptions concerning adolescence. The book explores myths related to sex, drugs and self-control, as well as many others. The authors define each myth, identify each myth's prevalence and present the latest and most significant research debunking the myth. The text is grounded in the authors' own research on the prevalence of belief in each myth, from the perspective of college students. Additionally, various pop culture icons that have helped propagate the myths are discussed. Written by noted experts, the book explores 50 common myths including: The teen brain is fully developed by 18; Greek life has a negative effect on college students academically; significant mood disruptions in adolescence are inevitable; the millennial generation is lazy; and much more. This important resource: * Shatters commonly held and topical myths relating to gender, education, technology, sex, crime and more * Based in empirical and up-to-date research including the authors' own * Links each myth to icons of pop culture who/which have helped propagate them * Discusses why myths are harmful and best practices related to the various topics * A volume in the popular Great Myths of Psychology series Written for educators, parents, childhood studies and education studies students, and undergraduate students studying psychology modules in Adolescence and developmental psychology, Great Myths of Adolescence offers an important guide that debunks misconceptions about adolescence behavior. This book also pairs well with another book by two of the authors, Great Myths of Child Development.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 464g
• ISBN-13: 9781119248767
• ISBN-10: 1119248760
• Artikelnr.: 52959018

Autorenporträt

I call myself a mountain woman. In truth, I was born on the flatlands of Indiana on May 20th, 1955. The world population was 2.780 billion, Eisenhower was President, unemployment was 5.5%, Cher was nine years old on that day, and you could mail a letter for .03 cents. Luckily, the dinosaurs were gone, and fire had been invented by then. I moved to Tennessee to the foot of The Great Smoky Mountains in 1998. I have been writing since the age of six. I won my first regional poetry contest in second grade. For the past 50+ years, I have written for myself and only a chosen few. Writing to me is as life-sustaining as breathing, as important as a beating heart. I have written for newspapers, had my own local column in the Blount County Voice, shared stories of my life for my friends to make them laugh, sigh, cry, or more importantly, to think. I wrote puppet shows for our mentally handicapped facility, inspirational short stories for church services, and a series of articles that led to testimony before the Maryland State Senate and the creation of the bill: Maryland Task Force for Abused, Abandoned, and Neglected Children. As long as it meant I could write, I wrote. I can't tell you where this passion came from, I can't tell you one incident that caused me to start writing and not stop. I have no memory of "starting" to write, I just did, and at a very early age. I hope you enjoy reading this story as much as the characters enjoyed telling their stories.