storm-and-stress period

a period of emotional turmoil. The phrase was used by G. Stanley Hall to characterize adolescence, which he believed to correspond to the turbulent transition from savagery to civilization. It is a translation of the German Sturm und Drang, which was the title of a 1776 drama by Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger and was subsequently applied to a German literary movement. Also called Sturm und Drang period.

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February 28th 2025

coaction task

any performance, competition, work assignment, or other goal-oriented activity that individuals execute in the presence of one or more other individuals who are performing a similar type of task. Examples include an aerobics exercise session and students taking a written test in a classroom. Compare audience task.