APSY2240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Emerging Adulthood And Early Adulthood, Heredity

• School: Boston College
• Department: Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology
• Course: APSY2240
• Professor: Julia Whitcavitch- Devoy

Document Summary

Emerging adulthood is around ages 18 to 26. Individual differences vs. universals etc. are universals. Menopause, physical changes (such as change in skin and hair), death, They occur to everyone, just not at the same time. Teens during that time ended up being more resilient and parental. Children during that time experienced more deficits because it was. Eg. the great depression had different effects on children, teens, etc. 9/11 has left many of us with more anxiety surrounding security. We never knew a world without computers, the internet, and a heavy during their development concerns. Cohort: people born in a narrow band of years (smaller than a generation) reliance of all things on technology. We know most of what we know about heredity by studying twins. Older people can still have developmental gains (eg. if they are healthier, sharper, more cognitively challenged (think technology), learning a new language, etc. )