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Storm-and-Stress
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G. Stanley Hall's concept that adolescence is a turbulent time charged with conflict and mood swings
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Inventionist view
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Sociohistorical creation
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Adolescent generalization gap
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Adelson's concept of the stereotypes made about adolescents are based on a limited set of highly visible adolescents
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Context
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Settings in which development takes place
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Social policy
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Government action done for the welfare of the people
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Development
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Pattern of change from conception -- the life span
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Biological processes
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Physical changes in the body
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Cognitive processes
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Changes in thinking and intelligence
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Socioemotional processes
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Changes in personality, emotions, relationships with other people and social context
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Prenatal period
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Conception -- birth
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Infancy
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18 -- 24 months
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Early childhood
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5 -- 6 years, preschool years
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Middle & late childhood
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6 --10/11 years, elementary years
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Adolescence
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10/13 -- late teens. Transition from childhood to adulthood
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Early adolescence
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Middle school years, puberty!
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