PSYC 2013 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Prefrontal Cortex, Emerging Adulthood And Early Adulthood, Stereotype Threat
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Biosocial development: peaks in height, strength, physical peak. Fitness in emerging adulthood matters for long term health. Top causes of death: accidents, homicides, suicides (personal, invincibility, impulse, egocentrism) Emerging adults take risks: far all the good and bad of that. Cognitive development: postformal cognition, dual processes - intuition and analysis, logical, adaptive problem solving, prefrontal cortex, stereotype threat, higher education, means better health and wealth throughout life (even with good controls) Cognitive development --- does college make you smarter? (but less than there used to be: some growth in critical thinking, analysis, communication, students study less, professors expect less, rigorous classes are optional, universities consider students as customers. Diversity of perspectives: this contributes to cognitive growth, massification of college, of college students are non european, 40% of americans have college degrees. Intimacy vs isolation (life partner, relationships: generativity vs stagnation (making world better place, matters, want to do this) Integrity vs despair (missed opportunities, if only i had)
