A. Answer the questions about supporting details that follow the textbook passage.
'Contemporary American society has a variety of markers of entrance into
adulthood. There are legal definitions: at 17, young people may enlist in the armed
forces; at age 18, in most states, they may marry without their parents' permission;
at 18 to 21 (depending on the state), they may enter into binding contracts.
Using sociological definitions, people may call themselves adults when they are
self-supporting or have chosen a career, have married or formed a significant
relationship, or have founded a family. There are also psychological definitions.
*Cognitive maturity is often considered to correspond with the capacity for abstract
cho thought. "Emotional maturity may depend on such achievements as discovering
one's identity, becoming independent of parents, developing a system of values,
and forming relationships. "Some people never leave adolescence, no matter what
their chronological age.
