Life Course Chapter 7: Young Adulthood

Question 1

Social role transitions in young adulthood

Answer 1

-leaving home
-taking on work/education tasks
-gaining financial independence
_making a partnership commitment
-becoming a parent
_renegotiating relationships with parents
_time commitments to families and newly created families
-starting a career
engaging with the community and the wider social world

Question 2

intimacy vs isolation

Answer 2

erickson: time when individuals move from the identity fragmentation, confusion and exploration of adolescence into more intimate engagement with significan tothers. able to achieve the virtue of love

Question 3

life strucutre

Answer 3

outcome resulting from specific decisions and choices made long the life course in such areas as relationships, occupation, and child baring

Question 4

novice phase

Answer 4

17-33 levinson

Question 5

emerging adulthood

Answer 5

developmental phase distinct from both adolescence and young adulthood, occurring from ages 18-25 in industrialized societies.

Question 6

Kohlbers category of individuals ages 16 & older POSTCONVENTIONAL STAGE

Answer 6

• greater independence in moral decision making
• development of a moral conscience
• move from seeking social approval through conformity to redefining and revising values and selecting behaviors that match those values.
• recognition of larger systems and appreciation for community
• understanding that social rules are relativistic rather than rigid and prescrived

Question 7

spirituality

Answer 7

a focus on that which gives meaning, purpose and direction to one’s life

Question 8

three dimensions of spirituality

Answer 8

1. cognitive: beliefs, values, perceptions and meaning related to work, love and life
2. affect: sense of connection and support attachemnt and bonding psychological attachment to work, love and life
3. behavior: practices, rituals, and behavioral experiences

Question 9

synthetic-conventional faith

Answer 9

faith is rooted in external authority

Question 10

individuative-reflective faith

Answer 10

person begins to let go of the idea of eternal authority and looks for authority within the self

Question 11

James Marcia stages of identity formation

Answer 11

levels of exploration and commitment
diffused: no exploration, no commitment
foreclosed: no exploration, commitment
Moratorium: exploration, no commitment
Achievement: exploration, commitment

Question 12

intimacy

Answer 12

a sense of warmth or closeness: interdependence iwth another person, self-disclosure and affection

Question 13

romantic love

Answer 13

relationship that is sexually oriented, spontaneous and voluntary and occurs between equal partners

Question 14

tasks in fostering intimacy

Answer 14

-negotiating expectations, roles and responsibilities
-compromise
-prioritizing and upholding values
-how much to share of oneself
-meeting individual needs
meeting partnership needs
-renegotiating identity
-developing trust and security
-reciprocal communication
time commitment
-resolving conflict
-respect, support, care

Question 15

romance

Answer 15

emotional and sexual attraction, quick commitment

Question 16

friendship

Answer 16

emotional commitment; sexual behavior may or may not be part of relatinoship

Question 17

sexually explicit

Answer 17

sexual attraction is focal point; emotional intimacy secondary

Question 18

adjustment to parenthood

Answer 18

• how role changes one’s sense of self
  -partners’ relationship
  relationship between young adults and their children
  each partners relationship with family of origin
  external relationships.

Question 19

fictive kin

Answer 19

non relatives that are considered family

Question 20

human capital

Answer 20

talents, skills, intellectual capacity, social development,, emotional regulatory capacity

Question 21

community assets

Answer 21

public infrastructure, community networks, and educational opportunities

Question 22

protective characteristics of young adulthood

Answer 22

temperament, health status, emotional support, number of stressful events