adolescent (noun)
91Young-adult fiction — (often abbreviated as YA fiction, or simply YA) is fiction written for, published for, or marketed to adolescents, roughly between the ages of 12 and 18. CharacteristicsYoung adult fiction, whether in the form of novels or short stories, has… …
92human behaviour — Introduction the potential and expressed capacity for physical, mental, and social activity during the phases of human life. Human beings, like other animal species, have a typical life course that consists of successive phases of… …
93Virginity — Virgin and Maiden redirect here. For other uses, see Virgin (disambiguation) and Maiden (disambiguation). Invocation by Frederick Leighton White has traditionally been associated with ritual purity, innocence and virginity. Virginity refers to… …
94young — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. youthful; puerile; ageless; green; foundling; adolescent, juvenile, teenage; fresh, new; inexperienced, immature. See youth. n. offspring, children. See posterity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [In the… …
95youth — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Condition of being young Nouns 1. youth, juvenility, juvenescence, immaturity, juniority; childhood, boyhood, maidenhood, girlhood, youthhood; minority, nonage, teenage, teens, tender age, bloom; prime… …
96Behavior analysis of child development — Child development in behavior analytic theory has origins in John B. Watson s behaviorism.[1] Watson wrote extensively on child development and conducted research (see Little Albert experiment). Watson was instrumental in the modification of… …
97juvenile — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. youngster, minor, adolescent. adj. puerile, young, undeveloped, immature; childish. See youth.Ant., mature. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Young] Syn. youthful, adolescent, pubescent, tender, immature,… …
98teenager — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. youth, adolescent, bobbysoxer, teen, teeny bopper (sl.). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. adolescent, teen, youngster, high school student, youth, young woman, young man. III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n.… …
99ad´o|les´cent|ly — ad|o|les|cent «AD uh LEHS uhnt», noun, adjective. –n. a person growing up from childhood to manhood or womanhood, especially, in ordinary use, from about 12 to about 20 years of age: »Nine adolescents, six juveniles and four adults were taken… …
100ad|o|les|cent — «AD uh LEHS uhnt», noun, adjective. –n. a person growing up from childhood to manhood or womanhood, especially, in ordinary use, from about 12 to about 20 years of age: »Nine adolescents, six juveniles and four adults were taken into court… …
