Adult Development Flashcards
what are the 3 themes of friendship?
- affective or emotional.
- shared or communal nature
- socialability and compatibility
what stages do adult friendships develop over?
Acquaintanceship Build-up Continuation Deterioration Ending
percentage of men at risk of isolation in beyondblue 2014 report?
23%
what is associated with risk of poor social connectedness?
illness, disability, and unemployment
What are stenberg’s 3 components of love?
- passion
- intimacy
- commitment
what is infatuation?
-early stages of romance when passion is high, but intimacy and commitment are lower
what is assortive mating?
selecting one’s partner based on similarity across many dimensions (non-random)
what is homogamy?
degree to which people are similar - greater when couples meet through school or a religious setting
continuum of aggressive behaviour?
verbal aggression –> physical aggression –> sever physical aggression –> murder
what did women who initiate the divorce report?
self-focused growth and optimism
holland’s theory on career choice?
pursue career that is a good fit between personality traits, ability and interests
how does personality type influence career?
- investigate = chemist, pharma
- social = teacher, counsellor
- realistic -firefighter, elec, pilot
- artistic = actor, designer
- conventional = account, banker, admin assis
- enterprising = sales, lawyer, pol
social cognitive theory (bandura)?
- self-efficacy (perceived ability)
- outcome expectations (predicted success)
- interest (what one likes)
- choice goals (what one desires to achieve)
- support (how environment would help)
- barriers (how environment would frustrate one’s career)
baby boomer’s expectations for work?
job for life
millennial
s expectation for work?
expect to change jobs
helpful caring?
- practical assistance
- expressions of love
- concern and understanding
- consistency of care
unhelpful caring?
- overcaring
- reducing independence
- reinforcing “sick” role
- all act to increase impairment, sense of worthlessness and increase depression risk
what are leisure activities for young adults?
more intense and broad
what are leisure activities for middle age?
home and family oriented and less physical
