PSYC-290: Lifespan Development (3);. G. Stanley Hall described adolescence as a A) time in which sexual impulses reawaken in the genital stage, triggering psychological conflict and volatile behavior B) period so turbulent that it resembled the era in which humans evolved from savages into civilized beings C) generally pleasant time of life in which the social environment is entirely responsible for the range of teenage experiences D) time when internal stresses and social expectations prompt mo...