Review lecture 19 chapter 19

1. PART VI: Early Adulthood
TOPIC 19: Psychosocial Development

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1. Introduction
2. Fact or Fiction?
4. Intimacy
5. Emerging Adults & Their Parents
6. Closing Thoughts
3. Continuity and Change
PART VI: EARLY ADULTHOOD
TOPIC 19: Psychosocial Development

3. Fact or Fiction? Fiction Fact
1. Emerging adulthood females tend to have similar
numbers of same-sex and cross-sex friends.
2. The three basic dimensions of romantic
love are passion, intimacy, and commitment.
3. Gay and lesbian couples generally have the same
relationship problems as heterosexual couples.
4. Among emerging adults, depression is more prevalent
than anxiety.
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PART VI: Early Adulthood
TOPIC 19: Psychosocial Development

4. Identity Achieved
Emerging adults who not reached identity achievement can do so now
Cultural Identity
Vocational Identity
Aspects of identity change as
the historical context changes
Identity development has
extended to explain the
development of ethnic and
racial identity
Establishing a vocational identity
is part of growing up
Current job market has made
vocational identity difficult to
develop
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CONTINUITY AND CHANGE
PART VI: Early Adulthood
TOPIC 19: Psychosocial Development

5. Identity Achieved
John Holland’s six-part diagram demonstrates the various goals of
employment
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CONTINUITY AND CHANGE
PART VI: Early Adulthood
TOPIC 19: Psychosocial Development

6. Friendship
What are some gender differences in friendships among emerging adults?
Males and
same-sex friends
Females and
same-sex friendsCross-sex friendships
Friendship
Greater number of friends
Demand less of friends
Less likely to divulge failures,
emotional problems,
relationship dilemmas
Apt to give practical advice
Physical contact through
competition or combat
Differences more cultural
than biological
In emerging adulthood,
helps expand self and gender
boundaries
Usually not a prelude to
romance, but not always the case
Outsider assumptions can
cause problems
More intimate and emotional,
including self-disclosing talk
Likely to share problems about
health, romance, and relatives
When giving advice or support,
greater show of sympathy
Physical contact routine, such as
hugs for greetings and farewells
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PART VI: Early Adulthood
TOPIC 19: Psychosocial Development

7. The Development of Love
intimacy versus isolation: Task of adults to seek someone with whom
to share their lives in an enduring and self-sacrificing commitment.
Three distinct components of love, according to Sternberg (1988)
Marriage
Passion
“Falling in love”; an
intense physical,
cognitive, and
emotional onslaught
characterized by
excitement, ecstasy,
and euphoria.
Intimacy
A reciprocal aspect of
romance; knowing
someone well, sharing
secrets and nakedness
as well as sex.
Grows gradually
through decisions to
be together, mutual
caregiving, shared
possessions, and
forgiveness (fincham
et al., 2007).
Commitment
Cohabitation
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PART VI: Early Adulthood
TOPIC 19: Psychosocial Development

8. What are some recent statistics about the state of U.S. marriages?
Findings
12 percent of men;
20 percent of women
57 percent
3.6 divorced compared to 7.3
married per 1,000
Some subjects of 2009 U.S. Census
What percent of adults between the
ages of 20 and 25 were married
How many adults were married?
What was the divorce rate?
Marriage
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homogamy: Marriage between individuals who tend to be similar
(i.e., attitudes, interests, goals, socioeconomic status, religion,
ethnic background, and local origin).
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PART VI: Early Adulthood
TOPIC 19: Psychosocial Development

9. Marriage
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Video:
Marriage in Adulthood
PART VI: Early Adulthood
TOPIC 19: Psychosocial Development

10. Marriage
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Video:
Excerpts from Up Documentary:
Three Girls from Working-Class Backgrounds
PART VI: Early Adulthood
TOPIC 19: Psychosocial Development

11. Lives in which the success, health, and well-being of each family member are
connected to those of other members
Linked Lives
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EMERGING ADULTS & THEIR PARENTS
• Parents continue to provide financial
support to help their adult children
• ½ of all emerging adults receive cash
from their parents along with tuition,
medical care, food, and other material
support
• Cultures differ in when and how families
provide help
• Parents who hover over their emerging
adult children are called helicopter
parents
PART VI: Early Adulthood
TOPIC 19: Psychosocial Development

12. Closing Thoughts
A theme of human development is that continuity
and change are evident throughout life — what
are some of the major social and emotional
challenges and changes of emerging adulthood?
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PART VI: Early Adulthood
TOPIC 19: Psychosocial Development

13. PART VI: Early Adulthood
TOPIC 19: Psychosocial Development