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Early Adulthood Flashcards

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Becoming an adult

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  • -Rites of passage: rituals associated with passing into adulthood in many cultures. Often connected with religious rituals.
  • -Western culture: usually role transition–assumption of new responsibilities and duties
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Early adulthood factors

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  • -ages 20 - 40
  • -many continue education,
  • -Managing own affairs, economically independent, healthy
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Lifestyle factors in young adulthood

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  • -Smoking: biggest contributor to health problems
  • -Alcohol consumption: binge drinking, addiction
  • -Nutrition: directly affects mental, emotional, and physical functioning
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Cognitive Development

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–Development of post-formal thought: truth may vary from situation to situation; solutions should be realistic; ambiguity and contradictions are to be expected

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Early adulthood restricted view

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Viewed as a plateau between childhood and old age - a period of no change

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One thing critical to young adults

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–Work: “what we do” is important to young adults

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Work serves 3 purposes

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  • -Economic: supplies us with the money we need to live
  • -Social: provides opportunities for social interaction and for establishing friendships
  • -Psychological: gives us a sense of self-worth or identity
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Which of Eriksen’s stages is early adulthood

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Intimacy vs. Isolation. The development of a close intimate relationship with partner is very important

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Relationship between identity and intimacy

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  • -Men & career-oriented women tend to find their identity first and then pursue intimacy
  • -Women in general tend to pursue intimacy first (marriage & children) and identity later
  • -One of the struggles of early adulthood is the desire for intimacy while still retaining a sense of personal identity (independence)
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Steinberg’s Model of Love

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Triange:
Top: Passion - Desire to be with another person
Bottom: Commitment: Decision to maintain and cultivate the relationship; Intimacy: What leads two people to share with each other

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Steinberg’s Categories in Model of Love

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  • -Non-Love
  • -Infatuation
  • -Liking
  • -Romantic Love
  • -Companionate Love
  • -Fatuous Love
  • -Empty Love
  • -Consummate Love
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Definition of Non-Love

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No passion, no intimacy, no commitment

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Definition of Infatuation

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Passion, no intimacy, no commitment

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Definition of Liking

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Intimacy, no passion or commitment

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Definition of Romantic Love

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Passion & intimacy; no commitment

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Definition of Companionate Love

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Intimacy & commitment; no passion

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Definition of Fatuous Love

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Commitment & passion, no intimacy

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Definition of Empty Love

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Commitment, no passion or intimacy

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Definition of Consummate Love

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Intimacy, passion and commitment

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Lifestyle choices - Marriage

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  • -By 65, 95% of all adults will have married at least once
  • -Average age if 1st marriage: men: 26.8, and women: 25.1
  • -From 1970 to 2006, median age rose nearly 4 years for both
  • -In NA, monogamous vs. polygamous
  • -Margaret Mead: serial monogamy
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Other Lifestyle choices

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  • -Cohabitation
  • -Homosexuality
  • -Singlehood
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Cohabitation

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  • -Living together without marriage
  • -In US, has increased 10 fold over the past 3 decades
  • -In 1970, the majority over 45, no majority 25-44
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3 types of cohabitation

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  • -Part-time or limited: convenience, sharing expenses, sexual accessibility
  • -Premarital: trial marriage
  • -Substitute marriage: long-term commitment without legal marriage, more common in older adults
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Homosexuality facts

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  • -Estimates vary, but 2.8% males, 1.4% females claim to be gay or bisexual
  • -8 & 4% respectively have had at least one homosexual experience
  • -Men on the down-low: slang for men who identify as heterosexual, but have sex with men; do not identify as gay or bisexual
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Views of homosexuality

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  • -Deleted from DSM, still viewed by some as deviant and unnatural
  • -Reparative therapy–now considered unethical
  • -Couples: 50% of men live as couples, 75% of women
  • -25% of men and 33% of women have been married to heterosexual partner
  • -children of gay parents show normal levels of adjustment and self-esteem
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Singlehood types

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  • -Never married
  • -Divorced
  • -Separated
  • -Widowed
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Divorce

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  • -More than 1 in 2 marriages end in divorce
  • -The majority of those who divorce will remarry
  • -More men remarry than women
  • -Men tend to remarry sooner (usually within 4 years)
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Divorce ramifications

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For women: usually more difficult; serious reduction in income, need to return to work or change jobs, establishing new social relationships while juggling parental responsibilities
For men: can be hard. Married men are happier than never married men - least happy are those who are divorced.

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Marital happiness

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  • -satisfaction is highest at beginning, drops with children & life pressures, and rises again later in life
  • -Reason: shared time together
  • -Nature of dependence: if mutual and equal, then strong & close. If not, then stress and conflict
  • -Disillusionment can be a factor–decline in feeling loved, valued or cherished; decline in demonstration of affection, less responsive

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