Chapter 11 Flashcards
emerging Adulthood
18-25
Technology Revolution
Sexual Revolution
Women’s Movement
Youth Movement
4 revolution, contributing to the rise of the emerging adulthood
Developed countries shifted to a
knowledge economy
Technology Revolution
Birth control pill and changing morality
Sexual Revolution
explore various possibilities of work and love
Identity explorations
exploration leads to instability
Instability
increasingly self-sufficient
Self-focus
feeling of being in transition
Feeling in-between
potential for dramatic changes
possibilities
has longest and most leisurely emerging adulthood
europe
have family obligations, collectivist mindset
Asian
Globalization and tertiary education participation BLANK spread
of emerging adulthood
increasing
V O2 max peaks in
early 20’s
Cardiac output peaks at
25
Tend to prefer evening-ness over morning-ness
college students
Blank gray matter and
Blank white matter
Leads to greater processing speed and timing
decrease
increase
New connections in prefrontal cortex and lower brain
More emotional self-control
Risky behavior reaches peak in Blank –
lowest point of social control
emerging adulthood
Highest rates of automobile accidents, injuries, and
fatalities between ages
- Due to inexperience and risky driving behavior, such
as speeding, texting, drinking alcohol
16 to 24
government program to reduce accidents
Graduated driver licensing (G D L)
Substance and abuse
Peaks in early 20s; higher among
college students
Emerging adulthood key period for
resilience
study on high-risk children with a resilient subgroup
Found that opportunities to promote resilience might be greater in emerging
adulthood than in childhood or adolescence
Kauai
tertiary education
college
Majority across developed countries now obtain
tertiary education
Europe recently changed to
U.S. system
allow two years of general education
US/Canada
is more relaxed and undemanding
Japan
take 6 years to earn a 4-year degree
Many Americans
Communication anytime
Availability and variety of online assessments
Reduced tuition costs
online
advantages
Requires personal motivation, focus, and self-
discipline
Lack of effective evaluation and assessment
Students many not learn interpersonal skills
online disadvantages
students learn partly online and partly in classroom
blended learning
Many emerging adults seek
identity-based work
Unemployment rates BLANK as high for emerging adults
Especially high for minorities
Twice
Family relationship tend to
improve
Identity v identity confusion
Erikson’s theory
establish clear and definite identity, or experience
identity confusion
two path
Identity formed through
love, work, and ideology
Assess abilities and strengths
Reflect on identifications accumulated in childhood
Assess opportunities available in society
Three elements
Development of the
“prolonged adolescence”
Erikson’s theory applies more in
Western countries
Many cultures view self as
interdependent
Exploration to establish identity and ideology limited in many
traditional cultures
BLANK has led to greater development of bicultural
identity
has led to greater development of bicultural identity
Assimilation
marginalization
separation
biculturalism
ethnic awareness & identity
Leaving behind the ways of one’s ethnic group & adopting the values & way of life of the majority culture
assimilation
Rejecting one’s culture but also feeling rejected by the majority culture
marginalization
Associating only with members of one’s ethnic group & rejecting the ways of the
majority culture.
separation
Developing a dual identity, one based in one’s ethnic group of origin and one based in the majority culture
biculturalism
BLANK Decline from adolescence to emerging adulthood in
behavior and beliefs
religious development
Agnostic/atheists
Theists
Liberal believers
Conservative believers
Four major categories
less religious than Americans
Europeans
return to live at home at least once
Transition to post-college life
Early divorce
Financia
40 percent
Live at home while attending college
Value mutual support of family
European emerging adults stay at home longer
cohabitation unstable and short duration
America
stay together as long as married couples
Europe
Chlamydia and H P V increase risk of for women
infertility
Drug treatments and prevention programs reduce
H I V transmission
Engaged with media more than adolescents; up to 12 hours daily
Digital Natives
