ADOLESCENTS IN CZECH REPUBLIC

BY: ABIGAIL HETRICK, KELSEY RIVERA, AND BENJAMIN GARCIA

OVERVIEW• Heritage • Characteristics, coping and

cognitive complexity• Pride, Dating, and the changing

of the tide

CZECH CULTURE• Language

• Czech• Ethnic Composition • Czechs vs. Slovaks• National Beverage• Diet• Religion• Ride of Kings

http://youtu.be/rHBTG0tlR0M

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICSFeatures:

• Light Skinned• Blue eyes• Light colored hair

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

SEXUAL INTERCOURSE:1993 (FEMALES) 1997 (FEMALES)- 17: 36% - 16: 33%- 18: 64% - 17: 43%- 19: 82% - 18: 52%

Before & After• Shape of skull

- Long head Short head

• Height

Puberty (average):Girls: 11-13 years oldBoys: 14-15 years old

Have already engaged in sexual intercourse

COGNITIVE CHARACTERISTICS

• Adolescents embody both feminine and masculine characteristics

• Adolescents tend to internally cope more than other European countries.

• Cognitive Development is affected by Warmth

SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS

• Psychosocial moratorium

• Adolescents low self-esteem and no pride

• Less self worth and no equal footing

• First dating at 14-15 parents ok

• Age 15 end of school, sex legal

• Change of Ideal Social Image recently

• Solidarity

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