Adolescence, 1st Edition

本教材适用于高年级本科与研究生课程教育，对青少年发育领域做了全面而及时的介绍，并为学生理解青春期所发生的生物学、认知与社会心理学的转变奠定坚实基础。尽管所有青年都会出现某些共有的生物学与认知进程，但基于青年所处的社会地位，其发育仍有很大差别。本教材关注情境因素，如文化、种族认同、社会经济地位以及社会政治与历史事件，着重强调这些因素对生理与心理进程的影响，并将这些视为了解这一人生阶段发展的关键因素。本书作者纳入了有关青春期的一些主要理论观点（包括历史观点与当代观点），同时还收入了相关的研究与应用。此外，本书还对一些现代现象，如流行文化（例如，嘻哈文化）、影响力的不断增加的大众媒体与科技（例如，互联网、游戏），家庭、教育与宗教的演变，进行了深入探讨。每一章均由该领域的知名专家撰写。

This edited textbook will be appropriate for use in advanced undergraduate and graduate level courses and will serve as a comprehensive and timely introduction to the field of adolescent development, providing students with a strong foundation for understanding the biological, cognitive and psychosocial transitions occurring during adolescence. While certain normative biological and cognitive processes are relevant for all youth, development varies dramatically based on a youth's position in society. The volume will focus on contextual factors such as culture, racial identity, socioeconomic position and sociopolitical and historical events, highlighting the impact such factors have on the physiological and psychological processes and treating them as key elements in understanding development during this life stage. The authors will cover the major theoretical positions (both historical and contemporary) about adolescence as well as the relevant research and application. Additionally, modern phenomena - the ever-increasing influence of pop culture (i.e. Hip Hop), mass media and technology (i.e., the internet, gaming) and the evolution of family, education and the church - will be explored in depth. Each chapter will be written by a known expert in the field.