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| 44% (70% in the late 80's) |
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| 28% (45% in the late 80's) |
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| youths who engage in adult like behavior |
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| 5 tradional markers to be an adult |
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1.Completing school
2.Leaving home
3.Starting one's career
4.Marrying
5.Becoming a parent |
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| Number of years to graduate from college |
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36% in 4 years or less
34% in 5 years or less
30% in more than 5 years |
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| 18 - 24 year olds enrolled in college |
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| Percentage of young adults 25-34 years of age living with their parents |
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| median age of first marriage |
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50's 23 years old for males
00's about 27 years old for males
from 20 - 25 for females |
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| Traditional definition of adulthood |
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| Modern definition of adulthood |
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- Accepting responsibility for one self
- Making independant decisions
- Becoming financially independant from parents
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| The extended adolescence of males |
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- permissive parenting
- growing success of women in school and work
- ambiguity and confusion about the male role
- Emphasis on youth
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- Autonomy from parents
- Intimacy
- identity formation: what you want to be in the future
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- Unable or unwilling to leave adolescence
- Great difficulty making choices
- Fearful of committments
- Desire to avoid the responsibilities of adulthood however still wanting adult privileges
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| Characteristics of prolonged adolescents |
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- Narcissistic
- Unrealistically high standards for the self or fear of trying something new for fear of failure
- Daydreaming
- Psychologically immature (has not developed true self confidence
- Dependant
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| Parents who hover over their adolescents |
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| Percent of college seniors that reported frequent contact with their parents |
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| Developmental task domains |
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| education, work, financial autonomy, romantic involvement, peer involvement, substance abuse avoidance, citizenship |
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| a violation of law that pertains to minors but not adults. |
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| a community's social capital, derived from its members' common values and goals |
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| 18 - 24 year olds that are supported by their parents |
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| in 2020 ethnic minority children will be what percentage of all US children |
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| Girls sequence of sexual maturation |
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breast development - 10 years
pubic hair - 10.2 years
growth spurt - 11 years
menarche - 12.4 years
regular menstrual cycle - 14 years |
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| sequence of sexual maturation for boys |
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testicular growth - 11.5 years
pubic hair - 12 years
penis growth - 12.5 years
growth spurt - 12.5 years
voice change - 13 years
spermarche - 14 years |
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| changes in median age of menarche |
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1860 - 15.5 years
1910 - 14.5
today - 12.5 |
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crime - 18
substance use - 20
risky driving - late teens
risky sex - early 20s |
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Who I am now
Who I want to be in the future
Where do I fit in the world
What do I believe in |
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| period of exploration and experimentation |
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| your whole life it has been determined that you are going to be one thing however you find that it is not what you want to be. |
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| the incoherent, disjointed, incomplete sense of self characteristic of not having resolved the crisis of identity. Difficulty making committments and procrastination. No/No |
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| self doubt and confusion. no committment/yes to crisis |
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| resist peer pressure and confident. Yes/Yes |
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| the part of the brain responsible for many higher-order cognitive skills, such as decision making and planning. |
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| an area in the brain that plays a role in emotional experience. may explain risky behavior. |
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