Introduction According to John Santrock’s book, Adolescence, ten through twenty-four-year-olds buy 67% of all music albums. When young adolescents become interested in music, they tend to listen to what is trendy, (the top 40’s). By high school, they prefer other types as well and develop their own taste. Boys tend to listen to hard rock, and girls tend to enjoy soft rock, especially songs that have romantic themes. Santrock claims that most adolescents are not …showed first 75 words of 1406 total…

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