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-Multidimensional, multidirectional
-Gradual transition from late teens until early twenties
-exploring education, work, values, relationships
-few strict social expectations
-attitudes and values broaden
Can explore in breadth and in depth |
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| Emerging Adulthood: Collectivist Cultures |
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Definition
social considerations
role attainment as sign of adulthood
self-control |
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| Emerging Adulthood: Low-SES |
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Definition
emerging adulthood limited or nonexistent
floundering period
-unemployment
-low-paying jobs |
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| Emerging Adulthood and Cultural Change, Variations |
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Definition
Rapid cultural change offers new challenges.
-Entry-level jobs require more education.
-delays in financial independence
-delays in career commitment
-typical in wealthy nations
In developing nations, only for privileged
Unknown in traditional, rural-based nations |
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Erikson’s Theory: Intimacy versus Isolation
INTIMACY |
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Definition
making a permanent commitment to intimate partner
involves redefining identity
a secure identity helps
affects friendship, work |
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Erikson’s Theory: Intimacy versus Isolation
ISOLATION |
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Definition
loneliness, self-absorption
stuck in a state of searching
negatively associated with fidelity and love |
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Term
| Levinson’s Early Adult Season |
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Definition
Early adult transition
-dream
-mentor
Early adulthood life structure
-men: “settling down”
-women: split dreams
Age-30 transition
-reevaluate life structure
-often focus on underdeveloped aspects
-can be time of crisis |
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| Vaillant’s Adaptation to Life |
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Definition
Twenties – intimacy concerns
Thirties – career consolidation
Forties – generativity
Fifties to Sixties – “keepers of meaning”
Seventies – spiritual and reflective |
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Definition
Age-graded expectations for life events
Following social clock lends confidence, contributes to social stability
The stability of a society depends on following social-clock patterns. |
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Definition
Physical proximity
Most select partners who are similar.
Gender differences
-women: intelligence, ambition, financial status, morals
-men: attractiveness, domestic skills |
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