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Developmental Tasks of Early Adulthood(9)

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  1. Achieving autonomy
  2. Establishing identity
  3. Developing Emotional Stability
  4. Establishing a career
  5. Finding intimacy
  6. Becoming part of a group or community
  7. Establishing a residence and learning how to manage a household
  8. Becoming a parent and rearing children
  9. Making marital or relationship adjustments and learning to parent
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Leading cause of death for people 15-34

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Unintentional injury, suicide, and homicide

followed by cancer and heart disease

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Men peak sexual responsive age range

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late teens and early twenties

slows in late twenties and early thirty’s

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Women’s peak sexual responsiveness

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late 30s early 40s

slows in 20s and early 30s

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Pelvic inflammatory disease(PID)

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an infection of the upper part of the female reproductive system

uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries, inside of pelvis

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Artificial Insemination

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the deliberate introduction of sperm into a female’s cervix in order to become pregnant by means their than sexual intercourse

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Chlamydia

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a sti used by the bacterium chamydia trachomatis

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Endometriosis

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a condition in which the layer of tissue that normally covers the inside of the uterus, grows outside of it

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Gamete intrafallopian tube transfer

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implanting both sperm and ova into the fallopian tube which allows fertilization to occur naturally

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gonorrhea

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a sti caused by bacterium neisseria gonorrhoeae

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in vitro fertilization

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removing eggs from the female, fertilizing the eggs outside the woman’s body and then reinserting into the woman’s uterus

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zygote intrafallopian tube transfer

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sperm and ova are fertilized outside of the woman’s body and the zygote is then implanted into the fallopian tube to allow the zygote to travel embed in the lining of the uterus naturally

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Post formal thought

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practical, realistic, and individualistic, understanding complexities of various perspectives

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dualism

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black or white, this or that, right or wrong

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multiplicity

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some problems are solvable and some answers not yet known

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relativism

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the importance of context in knowledge

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dialectical thought

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bring aspects together of opposing viewpoints or positions, synthesize them and come up with new ideas

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portion the adult population that has a bachelor’s degree or higher

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one-third
(moore said 11%)

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Holland six personality types

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  1. realistic
  2. investigative
  3. artistic
    4.social
    5.enterprising
    6.conventional
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Emerging adulthood(Arnett)

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A new life stage has risen between adolescence and young adulthood over the past half-century in industrialized countries

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Variables inrelationships(4)

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1.proximity
2.familiarity
3.similarity/matching hypothesis
4.reciprocity

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Proximity

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physical nearness

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Matching Hypotheses/ Similarity

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we tend to be attracted to those who are similar to us in age, social class, race, education, physical attractiveness ness, values and attitudes

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Reciprocity

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we are more likely to like someone if they feel the same way toward us

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7 types of Love

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1.empty love
2.fatuous love
3.infatuation
4.romantic love
5.liking
6.companionate
7.consummate love

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Empty love

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commitment

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fatuous Love

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passion + commitment

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infatuation

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passion

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romantic love

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passion + intimacy

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liking

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intimacy

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Companionate

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intimacy + commitment

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Consummate Love

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Intimacy + Passion + Commitment

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Cohabitation

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an arrangement where two people who have not married live together

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Filter theory of mate selection

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the pool of eligible partners becomes narrower as it passes through filters used to eliminate members of the pool

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homogamy

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marriage between people who share social characteristics

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heterogamy

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marriage between people who do not share social characteristics

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social exchange theory

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people try to maximize rewards and minimize costs in social relationships

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Voluntary temporary singles

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have never been married or are divorced and not ready for a commitment

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Voluntary permanent singles

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do not want to marry and aren’t indenting to marry

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Involuntary temporary

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people who are actively seeking mates

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involuntary permanent

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older divorced,widowed, or never married who wanted to marry

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engagement

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the formal agreement to get married

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Galinsky’s stages of Parenthood (6)

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  1. The image making stage
    2.the nurturing stage
  2. the authority stage
  3. the interpretative stage
  4. the interdependent stage
  5. the departure stage
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The image making stage

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Planing for a child; Pregnancy
Consider what it means to be a parent and plan for changes to accommodate a child

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The Nurturing Stage

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Infancy

Develop an attachment relationship with child and adapt to the new baby

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The Authority Stage

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Toddler and Preschool

Parents create rules and figure out how to effectively guide their children’s behavior

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The Interpretative Stage

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Middle Childhood

Parents help their children interpret their experiences with the social world beyond the family

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The Interdependent Stage

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Adolescence

Parents renegotiate their relationship with their adolescent children to allow for shared power in decision-making

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The Departure Stage

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Early adulthood Parents evaluate their successes and failures as parents

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Proposed Influences on Parental Behavior

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parent characteristics
child characteristics
contextual/socialcultural characteristics

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Parental Characteristics (7)

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-age of parent
-gender
-beliefs
-personality
-developmental history
-knowledge of parenting and child development
-mental and physical health

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Child Characteristics(4)

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  • gender
  • birth order
  • temperament
  • health status
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Sociocultural characteristics (6)

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  • Economic hardship
  • religion
  • politics
  • neighborhoods
  • schools
  • social support
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Percentage of white and black males under 18 who commit a felony crime

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50%

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Levinson’s stages (6)

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  1. Early adult transition(17-22)
  2. Entering the adult world(22-28)
    3.Age 30 transition(28-33)
    4.Settling down(33-40)
    5.Midlife transition(40-45)
    6.Entering middle adulthood(45-50)
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Early Adulthood transition (17-22)

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leaving home, leaving family;making first choices about career and education

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Entering the adult world(22-28)

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committing to an occupation, defining goals, finding intimate relationships

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Age 30 transition(28-33)

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reevaluating those choices and perhaps making modifications or changing one’s attitude toward love and work

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Settling down(33-40)

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reinvesting in work and family commitments;becoming involved in the community

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Midlife transition(40-45)

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reevaluating previous commitments;making dramatic changes if necessary;giving expression to previously ignored talents or aspirations; feeling more of a sense of urgency about life and its meaning

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Entering middle adulthood(45-50)

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committing to new choices made and placing one’s energies into these commitments

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