Lecture 5 - Young Adulthood Flashcards
What age is young adulthood defined by?
20-40 years
A 2 month old just started doing a social smile. What erikson stage is she in?
Trust v mistrust
What stage defined by piaget is a child that just started pulling up to standing?
Sensorimotor
What milestone in language development has a child in the first part of autonomy vs. shame attained?
Two word sentenes
Child who has mastered initiative vs guilt will likely have attained which virtue
Purpose
An 8 year old struggles with which virtue?
Competence
A child at what age would say “i’m a body because i have a penis”
4 years old; he has a solid gender identity and understanding of body parts
A six year old is in what stage of development according to piaget?
Preoperational.
Skill conservation happens around age 7.
What is the transition to young adulthood primarily characterized by?
Separation from parents - physical and intra-psychic
Beginning to function independently
Development of values and ideas with less influence from parents
What are the five features of young adulthood?
Identity exploration Instability Self-focus Feeling in-between Possibilities
What are developmental tasks of young adults?
- Begin being comfortable alone and able to take care of ones self.
- Adult competence as they take on new roles at work and in relationships.
- Capacity of intimacy
- Become parents
- Adult work identity
- Adult forms of play
- Integrate new attitudes towards time
What is the third individuation as described by Mahler? What were the first and second.
Young adulthood.
First: infancy and childhood
Second: adolescence (parents towards peers)
Describe the physical health of young adults? What tanner stage is this?
Peak period in anatomical, physiological, and chemical development.
Maximum immune efficiency
Tanner stage 5
In your 20’s, you are likely pursuing both ____ and _____ in the western society and are excited about _____.
Love and work.
About your own potential.
In your 30’s, young adulthood is characterized by what?
Autonomy
Authority
Self-sufficiency
Questioning choices and direction (reappraisal of ones life that may lead to crisis represented by marital difficulties, job change, depression, and anxiety.)
How does your brain remodel in early adulthood?
Increased myelination of axons
Extension of dendrites
Synaptic pruning
Improved judgement, planning, exec funciton
What are the functions of the prefrontal cortex?
Inhibiting impulses, weighing consequences, prioritizing, strategizing.
Young adulthood corresponds with Erikson’s stage _____? What does resolution of this stage lead to?
6: Intimacy vs. Isolation
Success leads to ability to be intimate as a lover, friend, or community member.
Virtue: love
What are the avg ages for men and women to get married? What has become more common recently?
Women: 25.8
Men: 28.3
Co-habitation and interracial marriage more common now.
About ____ of people do not marry.
1/5
What are some of the primary reasons that unmarried people say that haven’t married based on their age group?
18-24 mainly feel as though they’re too young
25-34 mainly feel they’re not financially prepared
35 and older primarily feel that they haven’t found what they’re looking for.
What are some of the main factors that matter most to people when choosing a spouse or partner?
Reconciling family beliefs.
Navigating parenting.
Merging friend groups.
Career balance (leading/trailing spouse)
What age group is least likely to identify as LGBT?
71+
ie older age groups
While separation (from parents) is still considered a typical task of young adulthood, it may be influenced by what factors?
Finances, health, family, and cultural arrangements.
