emerging adulthood

Question 1

why is there a delayed onset of marriage and parenthood

Answer 1

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

Question 2

what structures young adulthood

Answer 2

identity explorations
instability
self-focused
feeling between
age of possibilities

Question 3

what culture has longest period of emerging adulthood

Answer 3

europe

Question 4

asias focus in emerging adulthood

Answer 4

its focus is being able to help parents

Question 5

physical health in emerging adulthod

Answer 5

best physical health
least susceptible to illness
delayed slepe phase syndrom
sleep debt
sleep hygiene

Question 6

people in emerging adulthood are morning people or evening people?

Answer 6

evening people

Question 7

what leads to less substance abuse

Answer 7

structured socializing

Question 8

dialectical thought

Answer 8

a form of thought that often problems have no solution and opposing points of view might have merit

Question 9

reflective judgments

Answer 9

ability to evaluate arguments

Question 10

dualistic thinking

Answer 10

multiple points of view

Question 11

development of reflective judgment

Answer 11

• dualistic thinking
• multiple thinking
• relativism
• commitment but open to new evidence

Question 12

multiple points of view*

Answer 12

understanding that there can be two or more points of views

Question 13

college in japan

Answer 13

more relaxed

Question 14

self esteem

Answer 14

dips during puberty and starts to increase as age

Question 15

what does this age find to me the marker for adulthood

Answer 15

financial independence

Question 16

postformal thought

Answer 16

advances in pragmaticism and reflective judgment

Question 17

pragmaticism

Answer 17

theory of cognitive development that postformal thinking involves adapting logical thinking to the practical constraints of real life situations

Question 18

dialectical thought

Answer 18

involves growing awareness that problems often have no clear solution and two opposing points of view may have marit (emerging adulthood)

Question 19

reflective judgment

Answer 19

capacity to evaluate the accuracy and logical coherence of an argument

Question 20

dualistic thinking

Answer 20

right or wrong with no inbetween regardless of nuances. this lacks reflective judgment

Question 21

multiple thinking

Answer 21

different points of view and all can have merit

Question 22

commitment thinking

Answer 22

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

Question 23

identity formed consist of

Answer 23

love, work and ideology

Question 24

identity status model (these refer to explorations of identity or identity crises)

Answer 24

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.

Question 25

who reaches identity achievement fastest?

Answer 25

those who dont attend college. it may be due to lack of believes being challenged

Question 26

limitations of moratorium

Answer 26

culture may limit some explorations. ex-girls and sex in developing countries. women also limited to housewife and mother

Question 27

psychosocial moratorium

Answer 27

has been the exception in human cultures rather than standard. its been more desirable for young ones to explore their own believes and values instead of believing what adults teach them without question.

Question 28

bicultural identity shows..

Answer 28

how globalization has influenced identity. more people develop biculture identity where one part stems from genetic heritage and the other is local

they move back and fourth with their identity as the situation seems appropriate

Question 29

ethnic identity, minorities and development of identity in emerging adulthood

Answer 29

since we are exposed to a wider away of people increase of ethnic identity around this time.

minorities who have to confront ethnic identy issues may have more complex identity development

Question 30

assimilation

Answer 30

involves leaving behind ones ethnic group and adopting values and way of life in majority culture

reflected in melting pot societies

Question 31

asian americans and dating

Answer 31

recreational dating and sexual experimentation before marriage is disapproved of. they face challenges through exposure to majority culture

Question 32

seperation

Answer 32

rejecting mainstream culture and associating only with members of ethnic group

most common in african americans

Question 33

marginality

Answer 33

rejecting ones culture of oreign but feeling rejected by majority culture

most common in american indian adolescents