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Generations X, Y, and Z
Differences between these three generations
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Psychology
Post-Graduate
12/09/2018

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Term
Generation Z Birth Years
Definition
1995-2009
Term
Generation Z Characteristics
Definition

Use 5 screens at once - experience distress when kept away from electronic devices.

Generally tolerant of sexual/gender diversity.

Want jobs that provide social impact.

Less healthy, more obese than previous generations.

25% of North American population.

 

 

 

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Generation Z - More Characteristics
Definition

Older moms (33), longer life expectancy.

Social justice focus, altruistic.

Care about their parents' values.

High formal education, technology ability.

Wealthier parents, fewer siblings, more entertainment options.

 

 

Term
Generation Y Birth Years
Definition
1980-2002
Term
Generation Y Characteristics
Definition

High expectations for self,

High expectations for employers,

Ongoing learning, goal orientation,

immediate responsibility, savvy with money,

want for jobs to fit family/personal life,

 

Term
Generation Y - Other Characteristics
Definition

comfort with technology, celebrate diversity,

optimistic/realistic, self-inventive,

individualistic, rewrite the rules,

irrelevance of institutions, internet dependent,

multitask fast, nurtured,

friends=family.

Term
Generation X Birth Years
Definition
1961-1981
Term
Generation X Characteristics
Definition

Independent, enjoy informality, entrepreneurial,

seek emotional maturity, autonomous,

unceremonious, materialistic,

pretentious, arrogant, condescending,

overconfident, critical

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Generation X - Other Characteristics
Definition

Want balance and time with their children,

job changers,

accept diversity, self-reliant, reject rules,

mistrust institutions, latch-key kids,

angry with their parents,

"Friends" generation

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