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Sociology
12th Grade
04/14/2010

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Crack cocaine
Definition
the principal cause of the dramatic rise in drug related violence
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Heroin
Definition
a narcotic that is considered a hard drug; a highly addictive morphine deriative
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Puberty
Definition
physical maturing that makes an individual capable of sexual reproduction
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Adolescence
Definition
period between the normal onset of puberty and the beginning of adulthood
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peers
Definition
a person who is an equal in social standing, rank, age
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social integration
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degree of attachments people have to social groups or to society
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puberty rites
Definition
demonstrations of strength or endurance, filing of the teeth, tattooing or scaring of the skin
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recreation
Definition
refreshment of ones mind or body after work through activity that amuses or stimulates: play
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willard waller
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conducted one of the earliest sociological analysis of american dating patterns
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courtship
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a social interaction similar to dating but with the sole purpose of eventual marriage
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anticipatory socialization
Definition
learning of the rights, obligations and expectations of a role in prepartion for assuming that role at a future date
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homogamy
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tendency for individuals to marry people who have social characteristics similiar to their own
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the male
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under the traditional form of dating, who was responsible for the expenses as well as making arrangements
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12 to 19 years old
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between what ages does american adolescence occur?
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the united states
Definition
what country has the highest teenage birth rate?
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casual

stady dating

engagement

marriage

Definition
what are the stages along the continuum of dating?
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school, friends, car
Definition
Factors encourage the rise of dating
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Studies indicate that underpopulated areas have higher rates of teenage suicide thann do heavily populated areas

-isolation

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What correlation is there between population density and suicide?
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suicide
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3rd leading cause of death among teenagers
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- babies born to teenage mothers

- less likely to finish high school

- lower lifetime earnings

- lower birth rate
- learning difficulties

Definition
What are the consequences of early sexual activity?
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- having friends who regularly engage in drug use

- having social + academic adjustment problems

- living in hostile and rejecting family setting

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what pedictors are present in teenage drug use?
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