Module 19: Young Adulthood

Question 1

What does emerging adulthood offer?

Answer 1

Moratorium

Question 2

Moratorium

Answer 2

+ time out from developmental pressures and allow young people the freedom to experiment various roles and lifestyles
+ self-conscious crisis that ideally leads to a resolution and identity achievement status

Question 3

Recentering

Answer 3

name for the process that underlies the shift to an adult identity

Question 4

What are the three stages in young adulthood development?

Answer 4

Stage 1: Beginning
Stage 2: During
Stage 3: Usually by Age 30

Question 5

Stage 1: Beginning

Answer 5

Individual is still embedded in the family of origin, but expectations for self-reliance and self-directedness begin to increase

Question 6

Stage 2: During

Answer 6

Individual remains connected to but no longer embedded within the family of origin

Question 7

Stage 3: Usually by Age 30

Answer 7

Marked independence from the family of origin and commitment to a career, a partner, and possibly children

Question 8

What do many young adults tend to do?

Answer 8

Many young adults seem to do little active, conscious deliberation, instead of taking passive approach or taking the lead from the parents

Question 9

What do positive parent-child relationships during early adolescence predict?

Answer 9

Positive parent-child relationships during early adolescence predict warmer and less conflicted relationships with both parents when children reach age 26

Question 10

Fail to Launch

Answer 10

The view that these young adults who “fail to launch” and do not move out of their parents’ homes are selfish slackers who refuse to grow up is largely inaccurate

Question 11

Normative-Stage Models

Answer 11

theoretical approaches that hold that adults follow a basic sequence of age- related psychosocial changes

Question 12

What is the crisis faced in young adulthood (21-39 yrs)?

Answer 12

Intimacy vs. Isolation

Question 13

What is the age of people who face the crisis, Intimacy vs. Isolation?

Answer 13

Young Adulthood (21-39 yrs)

Question 14

What is the virtue developed when a crisis, Intimacy vs. Isolation is successfully crossed?

Answer 14

Love

Question 15

What will happen if adults cannot make deep personal commitments to other people according to Erikson?

Answer 15

According to Erikson, if adults cannot make deep personal commitments to others, they risk becoming overly isolated and self-absorbed

Question 16

What do young adults develop when they work to resolve conflicting demands for intimacy and competitiveness?

Answer 16

As young adults work to resolve conflicting demands for intimacy and competitiveness, they develop an ethical sense, which Erikson considered a marker of adulthood

Question 17

Love

Answer 17

a mutual devotion between partners who have chosen to share their lives and have children

Question 18

What are the maladaptive tendencies that may be experienced in young adulthood?

Answer 18

1. Promiscuity
2. Exclusion

Question 19

Maladaptive Tendency: Promiscuity

Answer 19

tendency to become intimate too freely, too easily (marupok)

Question 20

Malignant Tendency: Exclusion

Answer 20

tendency to isolate oneself from everyone

Question 21

Timing-of-Events Model

Answer 21

holds that the course of development depends on when certain events occur in people’s lives

Question 22

Normative Life Events (Normative Age-Graded Events)

Answer 22

those typically happen at certain times of life

Question 23

Social Clock

Answer 23

society’s norms for appropriate timing of life events

Question 24

Trait Models

Answer 24

psychological models that focus on the measurement and examination of different traits

Question 25

McCrae’s Five-Factor Model

Answer 25

Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism

Question 26

When people’s personalities remain similar, does it mean no change occurs?

Answer 26

No. Although people’s personalities remain similar does not mean no change occurs

Question 27

Typological Approach

Answer 27

seeks to complement and expand trait research by looking at personality functioning whole

Question 28

Ego-Resilient

Answer 28

well-adjusted, self-confident, articulate, attentive, helpful, Cooperative, task-focused

Question 29

Overcontrolled

Answer 29

shy, quiet, anxious, dependable, tend to keep thoughts to themselves and withdraw from conflict, subject to depression

Question 30

Undercontrolled

Answer 30

active, energetic, impulsive, stubborn, and easily distracted

Question 31

What are the Three Attachment Styles?

Answer 31

1. Secure
2. Avoidant
3. Anxious

Question 32

Secure Attachment Style

Answer 32

have positive views in relationships, find it easy to get close to others, and are not overly concerned about romantic relationships

Question 33

Avoidant Attachment Style

Answer 33

hesitant about getting involved in romantic relationships and once they do, they distance themselves to their partners

Question 34

Anxious Attachment Style

Answer 34

demand closeness, less trusting, more emotional, jealous, and possessive