early adulthood
stability and change from childhood to adulthood:
•for adults, socioemotional development revolves around
adaptively integrating emotional experiences into enjoyable
relationships with others
•the first 20 years of life are signifiant in transitioning on
adult's socioemotional life
- attachment early on in life and progressively throughout life
plays an important part in socioemotional development
•adults attachment as secure, avoidant, or anxious
- secure attachment style: adults have positive views of
relationships
- avoidant attachment style: adults are hesitant to get
involved in romantic relationships
- anxious attachment style: adults covet closeness, but are
less and more emotional, jealous etc
erikson's stage intimacy vs. isolation:
•after individuals are well on their way to establishing stable
identites, they enter the 6th developmental stage: intimacy vs.
isolation
- finding oneself by losing oneself in another person
•if a person fails to develop an intimate relationship in early
adulthood, according to erikson, isolation results
friendship:
•friendship plays an important role in development throughout
life
- women: typically more close friends than men
- their friendships involve more self-disclosure and exchange
of mutual support; talk is central