Lifespan Development Exam 4 with
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Transition into Adulthood - correct answer ✔✔- Less clear and continuous
- More emphasis on individual factors vs social roles
-Transition is lengthened
-> Starting puberty earlier
->Staying in school longer
-Increase in privileges but increase in expectations
5 Key Factors of Emerging Adulthood - correct answer ✔✔1. Focus on Self and
Independence
2. Identity Exploration
3. Instability in multiple life domains
4. Sense of many future possibilities
5. Feeling like marginal man/woman (stuck between adolescence and adulthood)
Transition to college most difficult for: - correct answer ✔✔Low socioeconomic
status
Minority students
First generation college students
College Issues - correct answer ✔✔-More stressed
-More depressed
, -More debt
- Not finding good jobs after college
-More resources for students on campus
Postformal Thought - correct answer ✔✔Some theorist believe that this is new
stage in cognitive development that involves understanding that the correct
answer to a problem requires reflective thinking and can vary from one situation
to another and the search for the truth is often never ending
Career Mystique - correct answer ✔✔Ingrained cultural belief that engaging in
hard work and for long hours during adulthood will produce path to success and
happiness
Eriksons 6th Stage - correct answer ✔✔Intimacy vs Isolation
Intimate Relationship (not meaning sexual)
-Mutual concern for each others well being
-Trust and honesty
-Self disclosure
-Commitment
Gender Difference in Adult Friendships - correct answer ✔✔Men: Know just as
much about friends
Women: Report more self disclosure and openly show support
Men: Want practical solutions
Women: Want sympathy and empathy
Men: Have issues of power and control, intense but quid resolution
verified answers rated A+
Transition into Adulthood - correct answer ✔✔- Less clear and continuous
- More emphasis on individual factors vs social roles
-Transition is lengthened
-> Starting puberty earlier
->Staying in school longer
-Increase in privileges but increase in expectations
5 Key Factors of Emerging Adulthood - correct answer ✔✔1. Focus on Self and
Independence
2. Identity Exploration
3. Instability in multiple life domains
4. Sense of many future possibilities
5. Feeling like marginal man/woman (stuck between adolescence and adulthood)
Transition to college most difficult for: - correct answer ✔✔Low socioeconomic
status
Minority students
First generation college students
College Issues - correct answer ✔✔-More stressed
-More depressed
, -More debt
- Not finding good jobs after college
-More resources for students on campus
Postformal Thought - correct answer ✔✔Some theorist believe that this is new
stage in cognitive development that involves understanding that the correct
answer to a problem requires reflective thinking and can vary from one situation
to another and the search for the truth is often never ending
Career Mystique - correct answer ✔✔Ingrained cultural belief that engaging in
hard work and for long hours during adulthood will produce path to success and
happiness
Eriksons 6th Stage - correct answer ✔✔Intimacy vs Isolation
Intimate Relationship (not meaning sexual)
-Mutual concern for each others well being
-Trust and honesty
-Self disclosure
-Commitment
Gender Difference in Adult Friendships - correct answer ✔✔Men: Know just as
much about friends
Women: Report more self disclosure and openly show support
Men: Want practical solutions
Women: Want sympathy and empathy
Men: Have issues of power and control, intense but quid resolution
