ABSTRACT
This chapter explores how youth have been classified by adults and to propose a model which might be fruitful for future studies of adolescent behavior. This task of preparing the young for future responsibilities is neither unique to our society nor to contemporary man. The literature pertaining to youth for this period of American life is indeed rich. There are not only numerous case studies but also a number of descriptive accounts of youth groups. Three factors then have been identified as being salient to the socialization of youth and the emergence of youth subcultures. Conversely, alienation from, and lack of involvement with, a particular referent will occur when the adolescent fails to perceive any of these three factors. The preliminary analysis of the data would suggest that the perceptions of Negro youth are not unrelated to the race of the teacher.
