Compare and Contrast G.Stanley Hall's "Storm and Stress" View of Adolescence with the Adolescence

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Essay

Compare and contrast
G.Stanley Hall's "storm and stress" view of adolescence with the inventionist view.
Hall's concept was that adolescence was a turbulent time,charged with conflict and mood swings.He saw these changes in thought,feeling,and actions as happening quite frequently and as normative.He believed that adolescence has a biological base.The inventionist view saw adolescence as less of a biological event than a sociohistorical creation.Inventionists stress that sociohistorical circumstances,such as a decline in apprenticeship,increased mechanization of the Industrial Revolution,age-graded schools,urbanization,appearance of youth groups such as the YMCA and the Boy Scouts are affecting adolescents.The three key dimensions for the inventionist view of adolescence are schools,work,and economics.

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