PSYC 7 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Emerging Adulthood And Early Adulthood, Frontal Lobe, Midlife Crisis
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Chapter 10: becoming an adult: emerging adulthood and cognitive development in young adulthood. No definitive criteria for marking when on becomes an adult, especially in the. 1. b. are not adolescents but are not fully adults. Emerging adulthood: a relatively new term referring to the period when people. Encompasses the years between late adolescence and early 30s. Social and demographic trends since the 1970s have created this new developmental period. Transition to adulthood is being stretched from both ends. Womens from 1890 to 1995 the transition to adulthood are starting earlier and. This occurs because earlier first period and marriage is later. But how do we define when you are transitioning into an adult. Role transitions: new responsibilities and duties that mark movement into the. Rites of passage: important rituals marking initiation into adulthood (college. Many cultures employ religious rituals (bar mitzvahs or bat mitzvahs. Rituals in non-western cultures change little with time and provide continuity.
