HDFS 005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Emerging Adulthood And Early Adulthood, Gender Role, Polyandry
1 Nov 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Emerging adulthood -
- Limited cultures that postpone entry into adult roles until 20s
- Secure parenting balances connection and separation, supports adaptive functioning.
- Shifting social clock (do you have a timeline?)
Erikson –
- Intimacy vs isolation
- Redefine identity
- Don’t feel ready
- Career and financial security
- Emotional maturity
- Limited freedom
- Without moving through development with intimate relationships you will be lonely and
self-absorbed
Close Relationships: Romance Love –
- Bird of a feather flock together or opposites attract
- Evolutionary view of mate selection
- Gender role theory
- Childhood attachment patterns
- Historical and cultural context
- Dominant social narratives
