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Ch. 11 - Emerging Adulthood Flashcards

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emerging adulthood

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period between aes 18-25, now widely thought of as a separate developmental stage (mostly WEIRD?)

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health in emerging adulthood

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  • usually good
  • optimal functioning in every body system
  • extra capacity, extra burden
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organ reserve

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capacity of organs to allow the body to cope with stress, via extra, unused functioning ability

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homeostasis

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balance between various body reactions that keeps every physical function in sync with every other (immediate response; quickest in EA partly d/t organ reserve)

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allostasis

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dynamic body adjustment that gradually changes overall physiology (long-term)

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allostatic load

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stresses of basic body systems that burden overall functioning

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sex, not marriage

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  • end of shotgun weddings?
  • effective contraception, unmarried pregnancy acceptance
  • however, increase in STIs globally
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risk-taking

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may be an asset or liability.

  • EA have more serious accidents than people of any other age
  • maturation, not experience, affects risk assessment
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drug abuse

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ingestion of a drug to the extent that it impairs the user’s biological or psychological wellbeing

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low rates of disease between ages 18-25 counterbalanced by …

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higher rate of violent death:

  • driving without a seatbelt
  • carrying a loaded gun
  • abusing drugs
  • addictive gambling
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_____ result in more deaths than all other combined

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fatal accidents, homicide, and suicide

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why do most colleges restrict alcohol on campus?

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drug abuse and binge drinking more frequent among college students than those not in college

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illegal drug use and age

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  • peaks at about 20 yo, sharply declining with age

- most who continue after 25 yo want to quit

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postformal thought

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proposed adult stage of cognitive development, following Piaget’s 4 stages

goes beyond adolescent thinking by being more practical, more flexible, and more dialectical, and less impulsive and reactive

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postformal thinkers …

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  • use formal analysis to learn science, distill principles, develop arguments, and resolve the world’s problems
  • are less impulsive than adolescents
  • don’t wait for someone to present a problem to solve or for circumstances to require a reaction
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countering stereotypes

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cognitive flexibility counters stereotypes as rational thinking aids in recognition and reconciliation of contradictions. width of the gap between explicit and implicit discrimination influences the strength of the stereotypes.

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stereotype threat

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fear that someone else will judge one’s appearance or behaviour negatively and thereby confirm that person’s prejudiced attitudes

  • mere possibility of being negatively stereotyped arouses anxiety that can disrupt cognition and distort emotional regulation.
  • makes people of all ages doubt their ability, which decrease learning if anxiety interferes with cognition
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cognitive growth and higher education

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  • most contemporary students attend college primarily to secure their vocational and financial future.
  • college also correlates with better health; grads everywhere smoke less, eat better, exercise more, and live longer,
  • tertiary ed increases verbal and quantitative ability, knowledge of specific subject areas, skills in various professions, reasoning, and reflection
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massification

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the idea that establishing higher learning institutions and encouraging enrollment could benefit everyone

  • led to marked increase in number of EA in college
  • US is the first nation to endorse massification, with state-funded universities in all 50 states, often more than one per state
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debts and dropouts

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  • most adults believe college is too expensive, yet 94% of parents expect college-bound children
  • college pays off over time for most graduates; overall statistics are discouraging; attendance vs graduation – lowest grad rate colleges most popular
  • student loan payback can be daunting
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does college advance critical thinking and postformal thought?

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Perry: 9 levels of complexity in college student thinking, experience = progression

Arum and Roska: students’ growth in critical thinking, analysis, and communication over 4 years of college only half as much as students 20 years ago

Newer pedagogical technology: flipped class, MOOCs; success r/t student motivation

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effects of diversity in college

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there is usually ethnic, religious, and cultural diversity.

  • discussion among people of diff backgrounds, ages, and experiences leads to intellectual challenge and deeper thought
  • those who are most likely to be postformal thinkers are also those with most friends from other backgrounds
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diversity in colleges

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  • diversity of any kind can advance cognition in many areas
  • diversity has increased in colleges across the US
  • emerging adults expand their minds when they have honest conversations with people of different backgrounds
  • individuals became more accepting of differences when they realize they know different people personally
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identity achievement

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  • search for identity begins and puberty but continues much longer
  • most emerging adults are still seeking to determine who they are
  • erikson believed at each stage outcomes of earlier crises provides the foundation of each new era
  • all four identity statuses are evident in emerging adulthood as the ID crisis continues (achievement, foreclosure, moratorium, diffusion)
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in developed nations, it is normative for EA to question who they really are in what four areas?

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1) sex
2) vocation
3) politics
4) religion

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careers

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  • many young adults changed their identity status in the years after age 25; almost all changed status by age 29
  • ID became deeper, more reflective, meaningful
  • determination to “have it all” is part of ID achievement among many EA
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vocational identity

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establishing this is part of growing up.

  • EA critical stage for acquisition of resources and developing work values
  • current EA change ~ 1 job per year between 18-25 yo
  • work values are affected by current worldwide economic recession
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continuity and change

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  • psychological research on personality traits of twins from ages 17-24 finds both genetic continuity and developmental improvements
  • emerging adults are open to new experiences
  • trend is toward less depression and more joy, along with more insight into self
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rising self-esteem

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  • psychological research finds both continuity and improvement in attitudes
  • positive trend of increasing happiness becoming more evident over recent decades
  • YA more likely to make their own life decisions
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intimacy

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  • Erikson’s 6th stage emphasizes that humans are social creatures
  • intimacy progresses from attraction to close connections to ongoing commitments
  • marriage and parenthood, as EA discovering, are only 2 of several paths to intimacy
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parents and EA

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parents continue to be crucial influences after 18 yo; more now than in the past.

all members in a family have linked lives, however, a downside to excessive parental support may be “helicopter parenting”

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national differences and living with parents

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  • happiness of EA living with parents depends on economy and culture
  • almost all unmarried YA in Italy and Japan remain in childhood home
  • less EA live with parents in US if separate households are affordable
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friendship

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friendship reaches peak of functional significance.

know terms:

  • self expansion
  • mutuality
  • self-silencing
  • social media usage
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M vs F friendships

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F: intimacy, emotionality, self-disclosure
M: limited touching, and self-disclosure

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In the US, romantic competence is multifaceted …

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  • mutual caring, trust, emotional closeness, and sensitivity to the needs of others
  • faithfulness, loyalty, and honesty
  • love “American style” is sought in some other countries
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most EA are postponing, not abandoning marriage

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  • hooking up and FWB more common

- marriage is still considered crucial by many different couples

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finding a partner

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social networks and dating sites result in about 1/3 of US marriages

  • choice overload ==> regret after making choice more likely
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choice overload

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having so many options making a thoughtful choice difficult

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cohabitation

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living with an unrelated person – typically a romantic partner – to whom one is not married.

  • most YA in England and N Europe cohabit rather than marry before 25 yo
  • in other nations, such as Japan/Ireland/Italy, fewer people cohabit
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cohabitation before marriage does not prevent marital problems, including churning

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  • cohab linked with higher likelihood of divorce
  • less likely to pool money, have close parental relationships, or care for parental health needs
  • more likely to be criminals or beak up
  • however, most research is based on people who cohabited 10-20 years ago
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the broader picture for every cohort and culture ..

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every human benefits from a satisfying and enduring relationship.

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