PSY 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Miscarriage, Triathlon, Myelin
21 Nov 2016
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Generation/cohort names: millennial: born after 1980, generation x: born 1965-1980, formerly baby bust, baby boomer: spike in fertility around 1946/end of wwii. Ended in 1964, around time birth control enters market: silent: born 1928-1945. Children during great depression and wwii: greatest: born before 1928. Saved the world (fought wwii) when they were young. You should know by now: which theorist thinks like this vygotsky. Indicated that sociocultural environment plays a role: practical/intervention: Maybe we need new expectations (60 minutes: business consultants instruct employers on how to recruit and manage current ya) Frontal cortex, might contribute to why it"s hard to pick a career. Adolescence: 95% live at home, 98% unmarried, 95% in school. By age 30: 75% married, 75% have children, <10% in school. Among 30 year olds in 1960, 77% of women and 65% of men had completed all 5. Qualities of character : accepting responsibility for one"s self, making independent decisions, becoming financially independent.
