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1. Define "rite of passage" and give an example of passage an adolescent may experience. Give me some examples. one example from your own life.

2. Explain the post-formal stage of thought. Give an example that relate to any important issue of our time such as poverty or sexual discrimination.

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Developmental Psychology

1. Rite of passage is usually a ceremony that signifies the individual is moving from one stage of life to another, a transition. For example, the Catholics have several rites of passage, also understood as sacraments. They have a rite of passage for children, the confirmation sacrament, or the first communion. This signifies the child is moving in their faith journey from a child being fed what it ...

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