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Encyclopedia - Young Adult: Encyclopedia - Young Adult
The term "Young adult", when used in different contexts, can refer to slightly different age groups: In psychology, people of the age 2...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolescence: Encyclopedia - Adolescence
Adolescence is the transitional stage of development between childhood and full adulthood (gender-specific manhood, or womanhood), repres...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Twenty Something: Encyclopedia - Twenty Something
A twenty-something is a person in the age group 20 to 29. Such a person may be termed a vicenarian. Beginning in the late 1980s, however,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolescence: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolescence - Legal Issues
A number of social scientists, including anthropologist Margaret Mead and sociologist Mike Males, have repeatedly noted the contradictory...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolescence: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolescence - Puberty
Puberty is the stage of the human lifespan in which a child develops secondary sex characteristics as his or her hormonal balance shifts ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolescence: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolescence - Preteens
The word preteen describes a child a bit younger than a teenager; perhaps between the ages of about 8 and 12. The neologism tween has the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dave Duncan Writer: Encyclopedia - Dave Duncan Writer
David Duncan was (born 1933) in Scotland. Educated there at the Dundee High School & later at the University of St. Andrews. After gr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ageing: Encyclopedia - Ageing
Ageing or aging is the process of becoming older. This article focuses on the social, cultural, and economic effects of ageing. The biolo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Child: Encyclopedia - Child
A child (plural: children) is a young human. Depending on context it may mean someone who is not yet an adult, or someone who has not yet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolescence: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolescence - List Of People Who Achieved Fame In Their Teens
Adolescence - Historical significance. Alexander the Great, conqueror Anne Frank, diarist Peter Fechter, killed in 1962 when attemptin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolescence: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolescence - List Of People Who Achieved Fame In Their Teens
Adolescence - Historical significance. Alexander the Great, conqueror Anne Frank, diarist Peter Fechter, killed in 1962 when attemptin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolescence: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolescence - Social Significance
In commerce, this generation is seen as an important target. Cellular phones, contemporary popular music, movies, television programs, vi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolescence: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolescence - Psychology Of Adolescents
Maturity in body leads to an interest in sexual activities, sometimes leading to teenage pregnancy. Since teens may not be emotionally ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolescence: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolescence - Discrimination Against Adolescents
Some adolescents and adults believe that people between the ages of 10 and 18 (or 21 or 25) are subjected to unjust discrimination. This ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolescence: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolescence - Preteens
The word preteen describes a child a bit younger than a teenager; perhaps between the ages of about 8 and 12. The neologism tween has the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Development: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Development - Biological Development
Development begins with fertilization, the process by which the male gamete, the sperm cell, and the female gamete, the oocyte, fuse to g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Child: Encyclopedia Ii - Child - Development
Child development is the study or examination of processes and mechanisms that operate during the physical and mental development of an i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ageing: Encyclopedia Ii - Ageing - Senescence: The Biology Of Ageing
Main article: Senescence In biology, senescence is the state or process of ageing. Cellular senescence is a phenomenon where isolated cel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ageing: Encyclopedia Ii - Ageing - Age And The Law
There are variations in many countries as to what age a person legally becomes an adult. In the United States there are issues such as vo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ageing: Encyclopedia Ii - Ageing - Dividing The Lifespan
A human life is often arbitrarily divided into various ages. Because biological changes are slow moving and vary from person to person ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ageing: Encyclopedia Ii - Ageing - Economics And Marketing Of Ageing
The economics of ageing are also of great import. Children and teenagers have little money of their own, but most of it is available for ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Child: Encyclopedia Ii - Child - Human Development
Human development refers to all forms of development above, often in the context of clinical or developmental psychology, or as human dev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ageing: Encyclopedia Ii - Ageing - Cultural Variations
Considerable numbers of cultures have less of a problem with age compared with what has been described above, and it is seen as an import...   » Read the article