PY 352 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Emerging Adulthood And Early Adulthood, 6 Years
27 Apr 2018
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The Rest of the Life Span
Periods of Development
• Prenatal (conception to birth)
• Infancy and toddlerhood (birth to 2 years)
• Early childhood (2 to 6 years)
• Middle childhood (6 to 11 years)
• Early adolescence (9 to 13 years)
• Mid-adolescence (13 to 15 years)
• Late adolescence (15 to 18 years)
• Emerging/young adulthood (18 to 25 years)
• Middle adulthood (25 to 69 years)
• Late adulthood (70 and above)
Research into Adulthood
• The ai uestio teds to e hat igs us eaig i adulthood?
• For Erikson
o Building intimacy with others
o Finding a sense of generativity (or meaning)
o Facing the end of life with integrity and dignity
Early Adulthood
Emerging Adulthood
• Explore alternatives in
o Education
o Work
o Personal values, behavior
• Routes to adult responsibility vary in
o Timing
o Order
• Develop a more complex self-concept
Identity Development in Emerging Adulthood
• Explore in breadth, depth:
o Depth:higher in self-esteem, well-being and adjustment
o Too much breadth: poor adjustment, anxiety, depression, deviant behavior
• Dual-cycle model: fluctuating between making new commitments and evaluating old
ones
Cultural Variations and Emerging Adulthood
• Cultural changes necessitate the gap
o Entry-level positions require more education
o Wealth, longevity free young people from immediate entry to work force
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