emerging adulthood Flashcards
why is there a delayed onset of marriage and parenthood
technology revolution-more education
greater tolerance for premarital sex
more opportunities for women
youth movement-want to be young and free to explore possibilities longer
what structures young adulthood
identity explorations instability self-focused feeling between age of possibilities
what culture has longest period of emerging adulthood
europe
asias focus in emerging adulthood
its focus is being able to help parents
physical health in emerging adulthod
best physical health least susceptible to illness delayed slepe phase syndrom sleep debt sleep hygiene
people in emerging adulthood are morning people or evening people?
evening people
what leads to less substance abuse
structured socializing
dialectical thought
a form of thought that often problems have no solution and opposing points of view might have merit
reflective judgments
ability to evaluate arguments
dualistic thinking
multiple points of view
development of reflective judgment
- dualistic thinking
- multiple thinking
- relativism
- commitment but open to new evidence
multiple points of view*
understanding that there can be two or more points of views
college in japan
more relaxed
self esteem
dips during puberty and starts to increase as age
what does this age find to me the marker for adulthood
financial independence
postformal thought
advances in pragmaticism and reflective judgment
pragmaticism
theory of cognitive development that postformal thinking involves adapting logical thinking to the practical constraints of real life situations
dialectical thought
involves growing awareness that problems often have no clear solution and two opposing points of view may have marit (emerging adulthood)
reflective judgment
capacity to evaluate the accuracy and logical coherence of an argument
dualistic thinking
right or wrong with no inbetween regardless of nuances. this lacks reflective judgment
multiple thinking
different points of view and all can have merit
commitment thinking
end of college years, they may have committed to a type of thinking to be most valid while reevaluating views if new information is presented
identity formed consist of
love, work and ideology
identity status model (these refer to explorations of identity or identity crises)
diffusion-no exploration with no commitment (this is like highschoolers)
moratorium-exploration but no commitment (actively looking for different possibilities and shifting through them)
forclosure-have not experienced with a range of possibilities but still committed themselves to one (deemed as unhealthy)
achievement-exploration and commitment) this happens after period of moratorium.
