Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Literature Review # 2

Front CoverGeneration Me: How Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled, -- And More Miserable Than Ever





Citation: Twenge, Jean M. Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled--and More Miserable than Ever before. New York: Free, 2006. Print.

Summary:  Jean Twenge explores why people born in the 80's and 90's are "tolerant, confident, open-minded, and ambitious but also disengaged, narcissistic, distrustful, and anxious". This "Generation Me" is reshaping colleges. Twenge uses the latest research, data, and statistics, to show how American character has shifted towards individualism.

About the Author:  Jean M. Twenge, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychology at San Diego State University and the author of more than 110 scientific journal articles and book chapters. She received a BA in sociology and psychology and an MA in social sciences from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. in personality psychology from the University of Michigan. 

Key Terms:

Entitlement Generation

self-esteem

societal-expectations

Quotes:

"Generation Me has grown up thinking that it is more important to "do your own thing" than conform to the group.

"GenMe believes that people should follow their dreams and not be held back by societal expectations.."

 "Work should provide a rich and fulfilling experience as well as make me rich. Of course, this often clashes with reality." 

Value:

Jean Twenges findings will help me to determine "internal forces" that are affecting today's college students on a broad scale. In other words, how has the shift in "personality" of this generation impacted how students treat college (particularly their studies). I hope to find out how a shift toward selfish individualism has influenced recent trends in major choices. 

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