what is adolescence?

Answer 1

Adolescence
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This article is about the the stage of life. For the punk music group The Adolescents, see The Adolescents.


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Adolescence (Latin adolescentia, from adolescere, to grow up) is the period of psychological and social transition between childhood and adulthood (gender-specific, manhood or womanhood). In common usage in western, English language countries, "adolescent" and "teenager" may be considered synonyms (though it should be noted that the term 'teenager' is an artifact of the English counting system, not something that occurs in most languages), though the exact endpoints of each category don't always coincide depending on the definition of "adolescent" being used. Adolescence is the transitional stage of human development in which a juvenile matures into an adult. This transition involves biological (i.e. pubertal), social, and psychological changes, though the biological ones are the easiest to measure objectively.
"Adolescence" is a modern cultural and social phenomenon and therefore its endpoints are not easily tied to physical milestones and historically this stage of development has not existed in its current form. The word derives from the Latin noun dolor meaning "pain." The time is identified with dramatic changes in the body, along with developments in a person's psychology and academic career. In the onset of adolescence, children usually complete elementary school and enter secondary education, such as middle school or high school. A person between early childhood and the teenage years is sometimes referred to as a pre-teen or tween.
The ages of adolescence vary by culture. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines adolescence as the period of life between 10 and 19 years of age.[1] In contrast, in the United States, adolescence is generally considered to begin somewhere between ages 12 and 14, and end at 19 or 20. As distinct from the varied interpretations of who is considered an "adolescent", the word "teenager" is more easily defined: it describes a person who is thirteen to nineteen years of age.
During this period of life, most children go through the physical stages of puberty which, in recent times, has begun between the ages of nine and thirteen, while historically began much later.





in another name..... teenagers?

Answer 2

Adolescence is the transitional stage of development between childhood and full adulthood, representing the period of time during which a person is biologically adult but emotionally not at full maturity. The ages which are considered to be part of adolescence vary by culture. In the United States, adolescence is generally considered to begin around age 13, and end around 24.

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The period of transition from childhood to adulthood, describing both the development to sexual maturity and to psychological and relative economic independence. The World Health Organization uses the 10-19 year age range to define adolescence, with further divisions for early adolescence: 10-14 years, and late adolescence: 15-19 years.

Answer 3

It is age when a child is neither small nor young,i e boys and girls of 10-15 years of age are called of adolescence age.

Answer 4

Adolescence is the beginning of self-consciousness.

Answer 5

the age between being a child and an adult or as some term them
" the formative years " before a boy enters into the rites of manhood and the girl enters the rites of womanhood. depending upon the culture and society the person belongs to these rites may be " just a passing of time as one grows older " or more serious forms of initiation such as tests ( physical and mental or torture ) and tattooing or scaring of the physical body.

Answer 6

A stage of attaining physical maturity, during which some changes take place in the body

Answer 7

Adulthood with acne.
It is the (perceived) time between childhood and becoming a young adult.
It is the time when you think you know it all and when you actually do (Maybe)

Answer 8

Teen years basically

Answer 9

teenage development

Answer 10

look it up in the dictionary?