Ch 14 Social and Personality Development in Early Adulthood Flashcards
What is Erikson’s early adulthood stage?
Intimacy vs isolation, in which an individual must find a life partner or supportive friends to avoid social isolation.
What is intimacy?
The capacity to engage in supportive, affectionate relationships without losing one’s own sense of self.
What is life structure in Levinson’s theory?
The underlying pattern or design of a person’s life at a given time, which includes roles, relationships, and behavior patterns.
What is parental investment theory?
The theory that sex differences in mate preferences and mating behavior are based on the different amount of time and effort men and women must invest in child-rearing.
What does ‘living apart together’ mean?
Intimate partners who do not cohabitate.
What is the motherhood earnings gap?
A measure showing how much the earnings of women with children are below those of women without children.
What is a kin-keeper?
A family role, usually occupied by a woman, which includes responsibility for maintaining family and friendship relationships.
What is career development?
The process of adapting to the workplace, managing career transitions, and pursuing goals through employment.
What is work-life balance?
The balance between an employee’s work and nonwork roles.
What is the quality of work-life (QWL) movement?
An approach to enhancing job satisfaction by basing job and workplace design on analyses of the quality of employee experiences in an organization.
