01:830:101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 19: Emerging Adulthood And Early Adulthood, Helicopter Parent

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:101
• Professor: L.Jacobs

Document Summary

Establishing a vocational identity is part of growing up. Many go to college, as moratorium, and to prepare for a job. Young workers tend to take a series of temporary jobs and feel no loyalty to their employer in reaction to the current global economy. Development of work ethic continues to evolve throughout early adulthood. Vocational identity = who you are in terms of work or your job. Workers have healthier hearts and minds if their job fits their personal preferences. Erikson"s stages of adult development (intimacy vs. isolation) Erikson"s sixth psychosocial stage emphasizes that humans are social creatures. Intimacy progresses from attraction to close connection to ongoing commitment. Marriage and parenthood, as emerging adults are discovering, are only two of several paths to intimacy. This stage is characterized by the task of adults to seek someone with whom to share their lives in an enduring and self-sacrificing commitment. The sixth of erikson"s eight stages of development.