Early Adulthood Flashcards
senescence
natural decline with age
basic, underlying, aging process
primary aging
lifestyle choices that increase our aging process
secondary aging
body weight that is 20% or more above average weight for a person of a given height
obesity
physical and emotional response to events that threaten and challenge us
stress
psychoneuroimmuniology
study of relationship among brain, immune system, psychological factors, says there are different outcomes of stress
person’s assessment of an event to determine to whether the outcome is positive, negative, or neutral
primary appraisal
Can I handle it? Are your coping strategies adequate enough to handle the situation?
secondary appraisal
medical problem cause by interaction of emotional, psychological, and physical difficulties
psychodynamic disorder
effort to learn how to cope, reduce, or deal with threats that lead to stress
coping
attempt to reduce to stress by changing the situation
problem-focused coping
conscious regulation of emotion
emotion-focused coping
strategies that attempts to distort or deny the situation
defensive coping
looking at trade offs
contextual validity
we acquire a new ability to deal with fuzzy life issues
dialectical thought
use creativity to deal with a situation and come up with one or no solutions
post formal thoughts
all of childhood and adolescence; information we gathered before growing up is squirreled away for future use
acquisitive stage
young adults confront many major issues which have implications for the rest of their lives
achieving stage
people in middle adulthood are concerned with nourishing themselves and their family
responsible stage
many people take a broader perspective and become concerned with the larger world
executive stage
in late adulthood; people focus on dong tasks that have personal meaning
reintegrative stage
depends heavily on education and experience; set of skills adults learn while growing up from culture
crystalized intelligence
depends of efficient functioning of CNS; involves abstract reasoning
fluid intelligence
enroll right after high school; usually economical well-off, conforming to parental expectation
traditional
delay entering for more than one year after high school, independent from parents, employed at least part-time, enrolled at least part-time, have one or more children on average, possess a GED, are single parents
non-traditional
include feelings of anxiety, loneliness, depression
first-year adjustment
period between 20 and 40 as we become centered on our careers
career consolidation
lasts until we are 11; career choices are made and discarded, without regard to skill, or available job opportunities; careers choices made solely on what sounds appealing
fantasy period
we thing more practically about career choices; start to think about what might fit our interests
tentative period
young adults explore specific careers option either through on the job training or experience
realistic period
psychological timepiece that records that major milestone in one’s life
social clock
spans periods of post-adolesencse to early 30’s; degree of selfishness, sacrificing one’s own needs for another; deep devotion- fusing one’s identity with another
intimacy versus isolation
fills need for belongingness
friendships
relationships that are built on surface, physical characteristics such as the way a person looks
stimulus stage
occurs between 2nd and 7th encounter; relationship is characterized by increasing similarity of values and beliefs
value stage
relationship stage is built on specific roles played by the participants
role stage
state of powerful absorption in someone; intense physiological interest and arousal, caring for another’s needs
passionate love
strong affection that we have for this with whom our lives are deeply involved
compassionate love
feelings of closeness, affection, connectedness
intimacy component
motivational drives related to sex, physical closeness, romance
passionate component
embodies both the initial cognition that one loves another person and the long-term determination to maintain love
decision/commitment component
tenancy to marry someone who is similar race, age, education. religion, other demographic characteristics
homogamy
tenancy to for men to marry women who slightly younger, smaller. lower in status; tendency for women to marry men who are older, lager, higher in status
marriage gradient
