Conformity And Rebellion Essay

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In the lectures on rebellion and conformity, adolescents going through their teenage years either choose to conform to adult social values or expectations or choose to rebel against them. Many different societies in this world have their own sets of cultural, religious and political views, but the transitional period from childhood to adolescence makes the teenager choose between rebelling or conforming to societal norms. As a child grows into their adolescents years they are given freedom by their parents. This freedom comes with responsibility to obey parent and society's norms. In my opinion, teenagers choose to obey to these guidelines society and their parents have created and this is when they have decided to choose conformity while those who do not conform to this are rebelling against these norms. There are many factors that contribute to conformity and rebellion that teenagers act on. Some factors include the influence …show more content…

This close group of friends influence the adolescent on their attitude and actions they take on towards different aspects of life. As a teenager chooses the group they want to hang out, they can choose the wrong crowd which can influence the teenager to break societal norms and become a troublemaker. From my own experience, adolescents who disobey society and their family are not fulfilled in their life and find excitement in rebellion. Parent's decision to be strict towards their children only realize that their child is going through a transitional period and that trusting them will make the teenager to rebel less towards their parents. On the other hand, when an adolescent individual is given too many rules to follow they will rebel against society and their family. The peer group the teenager follows will replace the important role family once occupied. Now, the teenager's values and behaviour is defined by this group of

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