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Chapter 11 Emerging Adulthood Flashcards

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ages

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18-25

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what organ is the last to mature

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the brain

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when does the brain mature

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mid-20s

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maximum height for girls

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16

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maximum height for boys

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18

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what is the last brain structure to mature

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prefrontal cortex

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7
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who developed emerging adulthood

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arnett

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8
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older adolescents __________ full adulthood if they can

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postpone

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9
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do adults now have more or fewer children

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fewer

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do a lot of people have kids in the emerging adolescent stage

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no

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4 parts of cumulative load

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organ reverse
homeostasis
allostasis
allostatic load

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organ reserve

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extra capacity built into each ogran
- explains why any strain on the body is easier at 20 than 50

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homeostasis

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a way to maintain state of equiliribrum
- immediate

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allostatisis

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dynamic body adjustment that over time affects overall physiology

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allostatic load

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ability to maintain equilibrium over time
- higher load makes them more vulnerable to illness

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accumulated harm from sleep deprivation inactivity, unhealthy eating, and so on shortens life by

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10 years

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17
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most functions begin to decline when

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in emerging adulthood from the mid 20s and onward

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18
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what does excess capacity or organ reserve do

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do not feel the effects of aging until much later

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19
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lust and fertility peak in

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late adolescence and early adulthood

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20
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bodies want

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sex

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21
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young adults do not want

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babies

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22
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what makes sex and no babies possible

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contraception

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23
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no lifelong partner can lead to

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social isolation
loneliness
imparting immune system

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24
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high rates of injury between the ages of 15-24 is due to

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risk

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high rates of injury after 75 is due to
impaired balance
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risk taking may be
asset or liability
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why might risk taking be a asset
trying new things
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what affects risk assessment
maturation - not experience
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post formal thought
practical flexible integrates (subjective and objective)
30
objective thought
fact based
31
subjective thought
influenced by personal qualities - past experience - culture - goals
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integrative thinking
subjective and objective
33
education does what for long term
improves health and wealth longer life and higher salaries
34
college returns how much of the initial expense
5 times
35
what country has the most college degress
korea
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what gender is more prevalent in college
women
37
dropping out is often related to
money
38
what percent secure loans
2/3
39
students at for profit colleges are likely to
obtain loans and leading to lower graduation and employment rates
40
students who borrow more for college are
less likely to graduate or earn higher incomes later on
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paying back loads cause
axntiey and fear
42
college produces how much critical thinking
half as what it used to
43
what degrees is the most popular
business
44
what do college students have more off
anxiety depression self harm and suicude - after COVID
44
why are people straying away from English, history, and philosophy
require more critical thinking and writing and students want to socialize
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what drugs are used
adderall modafinil ritalin
46
when are we most likely to see the first indicide of abuse in partners
emerging adulthood
47
diversity of any kind can advance
cognition in many areas
48
moratorium
programed pause to postpone identity achievement by doing something else
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other identities
political gender relgious ethnic
50
passion
intense physical, cognitive, emotional excitement
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intimacy
knowing the partner well, sharing secrets and sex
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commitment
decision to be together, mutual caregiving, shared possessions, forgiveness
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best type of love
consummate lovec
54
consummate love categories
passion intimacy commitment
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choice overload
many parents are no longer matchmakers for many adults
56
percent of couples that cohabitate before marriage
3/4
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cohabitation is an effective way to achieve
intimacy without commitment
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intimate partner violence is common along
cohabitating partners
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first abuse percent
32% of women 28% of men
60
situational copule violence
fighting between romantic partners that is brought on more by the situation than the deep personality problem of the individual
61
intimate terrosim
power imbalance
62
what percent of adults have been victimized in some way
1/3
63
friendships are selected for ability to be
mutually loyal trustworthy supportive enjoyable
64
this age group has more friends than other ages but also has high rates if
looniness
65
early adulthood is prime time for
high energy hard physical labor safe reproduction
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20 year olds are physically strong but
not ready for adult responsibilities
67
WEIRD
western educated industrialized rich democratic
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young women chose what over babies
education
69
allostasis depends on the
biological adjustments of every earlier time of life
70
sleep quality is determined by
many social factors such as disruptive noise, light, and anxiety
71
CARDIA
coronary artery risk development in young adults
72
what effect allostasis
drug use dieting overeating
73
obesity does what to allostatic load
increase it
74
college women engage or avoid sex
avoid
75
what brains are quicker to activate neurons
adolescent
76
in adulthood do 1 or more regions of the brain react to an event
more
77
integrative thinking
logic and experince
78
massification
college should be avaible for all
79
Matthew effect
rich get richer but the poor stay poor
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in college how does thinking afvance
advance each year
81
example of diversity
reglious economic national regional linguistic age differences
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what stage is the least common in early adulthood
commitment
83
what is the gateway to a realiotship
physical attraction
84
choice oberload
too many options
85
education increases the rate of
marriage before parenthood
86
advantage of cohabitantion
finance
87
NEET
not in education, employment, or training increase risk if intimate partner viooence
88
what is the most common type of abuse
situational
89
family and linked lives
experiences and needs of family members at one stage of life are affected by those at other stages
90
parents overly involved
depressed
91
helicopter parent
hovers over to swoop down and save them if a problem arises
92
snowplow parent
try to clear every obstacle in the adult Childs path
93
friends provide
self expansion
94

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