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process that underlies the shift to an adult identity.
primary task of emerging adulthood. |
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| theoretical models that describe psychosocial development in terms of a definite sequence of age-related changes. |
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| Erikson's sixth stage of psychosocial development, in which young adults either make commitments to others or face a possible sense of isolation and self-absorption. |
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| in Levinson's theory, the underlying pattern of a person's life at a given time, built on whatever aspects of life the person finds most important. |
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in normative-stage theories, typical challenges that need to be mastered for successful adaptation to each stage of life.
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leaving the childhood home for advanced schooling, work, or military service; developing new and more intimate friendships and romantic relationships |
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| theoretical model of personality development that describes adult psychosocial development as a response to the expected occurrence and timing of important life events. |
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in the timing-of-events model, commonly expected life experiences that occur at customary times.
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marriage, parenthood, grandparenthood, and retirement |
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| set of cultural norms or expectations for the times of life when certain important events, such as marriage, parenthood, entry into work, and retirement should occur. |
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| theoretical models of personality development that focus on mental, emotional, temperamental, and behavioral traits, or attributes. |
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| theoretical model of personality, developed and tested by Costa and McCrae, based on the "Big Five" factors underlying clusters of related personality traits: neuroticism, extraversion, openness to experience, conscientiousness, and aggreeableness. |
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theoretical approach that identifies broad personality types, or styles.
seeks to complement and expand trait research by looking at personality as a functioning whole. |
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| adaptability under potential sources of stress. |
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| friends who are considered and behave like family members |
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| triangular theory of love |
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| Sternberg's theory that patterns of love hinge on the balance among three elements: intimacy, passion, and commitment |
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