PSY2071 Lecture 5: PSY2071 Lecture note 5
27 Aug 2018
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In mediterranean nations, many factors hinder young people from living independently. Northern european plan = expect to live independently, hopefully with government help: better economy = young people often live together (government subsidizes university in norway, sweden, denmark, nest leaving begins at brink of emerging adult years. Nest leaving = leaving home after high school - helps with independence. Does leaving home produce better parent-child relationships: both young and parents reported less conflict and more adult-adult relationships when college bound children left the nest (in the us) Social clock = concept that we regulate our passage through adulthood by an inner timetable that tells us which life activities are appropriate at certain ages. Age norms = cultural ideas about the appropriate ages for engaging in particular activities or life tasks. On time = being on target in a culture"s timetable for achieving adult life tasks.
