Based on What You Have Read in This Chapter, How

question 99

Multiple Choice

Based on what you have read in this chapter, how would sociologists explain the fact that many young people in Canada experience adolescence as a time of confusion?

• A) There are cultural inconsistencies in the definition of this stage of life as partly childlike and partly adultlike.
• B) Hormones greatly affect young people as they mature.
• C) Growth always involves change, and change is confusing.
• D) Adolescence is supposed to be a time of carefree play, but most adolescents are forced to work.

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Definitions:

Extreme Inertia

The tendency of an object or an entity to resist any change in its state of motion or rest, greatly magnified in intensity or effect.

Institutionalize

To establish a norm, practice, or procedure as a convention or standard within an organization or society.

Curriculum

A structured set of educational experiences, courses, or programs designed to achieve specific learning objectives or qualifications.

Low Enrollment

Situations where the number of individuals who sign up for a program, course, or institution falls below expected or desired levels.