Becoming an Adult

Question 1

Emerging adulthood

Answer 1

delaying marriage, achieving higher levels of education, late into labor force, delay in career choices, delaying families
-18-25

Question 2

five key features of emerging adulthood

Answer 2

1-Identity exploration
2- Instability
3- Self-focused
4-Feeling in-between 
5-Age of possibilities

Question 3

Changes

Answer 3

Changes in residence, careers frequently, world views, spirituality, personality, and love relationships

Question 4

Markers of becoming an adult

Answer 4

Holding a permanent, full-time job, economic independence, taking responsibility for oneself, develop emotional control
-Developing countries: Marriage, childbearing, transition to higher education

Question 5

Allports’ dimensions of maturity

Answer 5

• Extension of self-doing for own sake
• Relating warmly to others
• Emotional security
• realistic perception
• possession of skills and competencies
• knowledge of self
• establishing a unifying philosophy of life

Question 6

Becoming a competent adult

Answer 6

-Have supportive adults throughout the life, planful, able to be autonomous

Question 7

From High school to college

Answer 7

replays top-dog phenomenon, movement to a larger/impersonal school structure, interaction with more diverse peers, increased focus and achievement

Question 8

Benefits of going to college

Answer 8

feel more grown up, more class choices, more time to spend with peers, more opportunities to explore, enjoy greater independence, intellectually challenging

Question 9

Most divorces occur:

Answer 9

between years 5 and 10, seven year itch

Question 10

Peak physical performance

Answer 10

before 30, most often between 19 and 26, women reach peak earlier than men, athletes even reach peak

Question 11

Substance abuse

Answer 11

By mid-twenties many reduce drug and alcohol use, binge drinking: 4+ drinks for women and 5+ drinks for men 10 or more=extreme binge drinking, more common among college men than women, peaks around 21 to 22

Question 12

Piaget

Answer 12

postformal thought proposal, adolescents and emerging adults think in similar quantitatively, requires thinking reflectively and relativistic ways

Question 13

Creativity

Answer 13

Although decline does happen, its not as drastic a previously thought

Question 14

College students work

Answer 14

72% undergrads, 20% full time, the longer someone works the worse their grades tend to be.

Question 15

Health

Answer 15

twice the mortality rates of adolescents, fewer chronic health problems and fewer colds/respiratory infections
-bed health habits of teenage years translate into adulthood

Question 16

obesity and hypertension

Answer 16

linked together, associated with mental health problems, most effective programs include exercise

Question 17

recommended exercise for young adults

Answer 17

30 minutes of aerobic exercise a day

-men more likely to exercise than women

Question 18

Arnett key features of emerging adults

Answer 18

1. identity exploration, especially in love and work
2. instability
3. Self-focused
4. feeling in between
5. Age of possibilities, a time when individuals have an opportunity to transform their lives