Early Adulthood Section 11 Flashcards
How does being the most researched demographic make early adulthood less unique?
Most standard understanding of the brain comes from here, so there are less defining features to discover
What is “emerging adulthood” and its defining characteristics?
18-25 yrs old
- Transitional from teen to adult
- Not feeling like adult completely
- Big period for identity formation
- Freest time in life
- Instability caused by room for self-fixation
- Age of possibilities
What is unique about emerging adulthood in the West?
Western cultures provide YAs freedom while other cultures have certain aspects of life decided
What are physical traits that define early adulthood?
- Best physical shape and last chance to change building blocks of body by 30 (ex: bone density)
- Health habits become firmly established
What are neurological traits that define early adulthood?
- Myelination of prefrontal cortex (stabilizes behavior from teens)
- Elimination of synapses in brain until 30s
- End of brain development, tho personality changes may still occur
Who/how does schizophrenia develop?
- Men get it earlier and more severely, but equally in quantity
- Prenatal complications w/ certain teen exposures inc risk
- Heretic development is hard bc many genes are involved
- Environmental stressors can combine with genetic risk in developing it
What are the stages of schizophrenia?
Premorbid , prodromal, onset/deterioration, chronic/resideual
What is the premorbid stage?
0-10 yrs: Mild motor, cognitive, and social impairments
What is the prodromal stage?
10-20 yrs: Unusual, psychotic like behaviors
What is the onset/deterioration stage?
20-30 yrs: Positive, negative, cognitive, and mood symptoms
What is chronic/residual stage?
30+ yrs: positive, negative, and cognitive symptoms
What are markers of adulthood?
- Full-time employment
- financial independence
- Setting up house and family situation
- Self-responsibility
How can markers of adulthood differ by culture?
Some countries require military service for EAs, people live w/ family for most of EAs, job culture is diff for agrarian societies
How does employment affect married couples?
Job location affects both people, but together total income increases
What are EA’s relationship with chronic stress ?
Things like marriage, kids, etc are chronic stressors but can be mitigated by healthy lifestyle decisions
Why are friendships important in this time of life?
Friendships are chosen, flexible, replaceable, similar aged, and important for opportunities and information
Features of adult friendships include…
Higher rates of cross-gender friendships, preference for similarities, and men are less close but engage in more dangerous/competitive activities than women
What is Post-formal thought in Piaget’s operations?
Thought development from adolescence to EA consisting of being more reflective, realistic, present, and self-aware
How does personality stabilize in EA?
Acc to meta-analysis, less changes and challenges from settling into adulthood causes less personality changes
What is Erikson’s psychosocial development for EA?
Intimacy vs. Isolation: Failure to achieve intimacy causes isolation, but too much intimacy and commitment can infringe on independence
What are trends in cohabitation?
People are living with unmarried partners as opposed to married partners much more than they used to
What affects people’s attraction to another?
Proximity (people you see often) and familiarity (people who are similar to you)
What is consensual validation?
One’s own values and attitudes are supported by being with someone who shares them
What is the matching hypothesis?
We gravitate to people who match our level of attractiveness (Tho sometimes men with lots of money get away with unevenness)
