Paths to Adulthood: Characteristics of Young Adults and Identity Development, Quizzes of Developmental Psychology

Download Paths to Adulthood: Characteristics of Young Adults and Identity Development and more Quizzes Developmental Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Paths to Adulthood: Characteristics of today's young adults DEFINITION 1 Millenials: 18-30Most educated, more racial/ethnic diversity, only 1/4 identify with specific religious denomination, higher unemployment, 40% raised by single/divorced parents (could be cause of reluctance to get married), higher percentage of unwed mothers, more liberal, more attached to social media TERM 2 Recentering DEFINITION 2 Shifting to an adult identity...seeing yourself more on own- happens in stages TERM 3 Stage 1 DEFINITION 3 Still embedded in family origin-still depend on family, but expectations for you to be on your own get higher TERM 4 Stage 2 DEFINITION 4 College Years- exploratory period, still connected to family origin but not completely connect...toward end, move towards commitments, start becoming financially stable TERM 5 Stage 3 DEFINITION 5 Ave. Age 30- independent, considered adult with own identity TERM 6 Paths to Adulthood: Marcia's Identity Status Research DEFINITION 6 1/3 moratorium (actively involved in exploring different identities, but hasn't made a commitment yet)..still deciding about a lot of their livesBy end of 20s, most already decided what they want to do when they grow up TERM 7 Redefining Relationships with Parents DEFINITION 7 Normative life course: college, grad school, marry, have children...these people seem to have better relationship with parents53% men and 46% female still lived at home with parents- most were wealthier parentsFailure to launch- never leave parents who live at homeRevolving door syndrome/boomerang phenomenon- leave home but come back, trying to get back on feet TERM 8 Personality Development: Costa and McCrae's Big 5 DEFINITION 8 How our personality develops (OCEAN)...most changes in any of these occur before age 30 TERM 9 Neuroticism DEFINITION 9 want to be lower in, deals with emotional stability...if you are higher in this category, you are less stable, have high anxiety, and depression TERM 10 Extraversion DEFINITION 10 more assertive, more athletic, more of a group person, more outgoing/social TERM 21 Relationships: changing nature of young adult friendships DEFINITION 21 Relationships: more likely to last for a long time...Friendships: less than pastFemale friendships: still intimate (tell personal things)..online networking: beneficial for maintaining friendshipsLess people feel like they have someone to confide in TERM 22 Triangular Theory of Love DEFINITION 22 Must have all 3 for true love: intimacy (emotional, trusting), passion (motivation, desire), commitment (over time, maintain love cognitively) TERM 23 Nonmarital Lifestyles DEFINITION 23 Singlehood: anyone not currently married, tripled since the '70s in young adulthood, rely on friendships for intimate emotional needsCohabitation- living with girlfriend/boyfriend but not legally married, 1/2 of married couples cohabited before marriage...ages between 24-44 TERM 24 Marriage Trends DEFINITION 24 Still the norm, best context to raise children in, rates lower worldwide, age to marry has increased (women: 26, men: 28) TERM 25 Predictors of Marriage Satisfaction DEFINITION 25 Similarities, good financial standings, ability to solve conflict, children lower satisfaction, women having a better job could be negative TERM 26 Predictors of Marriage Stability DEFINITION 26 -age when marry (younger=less stable)-education increases stability-religiousness increases stability-public wedding increases stability-family closeness increases stability (due to support)-neither has divorced parents, increase stability- children increase stability TERM 27 Parenting Trends DEFINITION 27 Average number of kids: 2, average age to have kids: 26 TERM 28 Combining Work and Family DEFINITION 28 tends to be positive, unique demands of young adulthood, structural antinatalism (bearing and raising kids is discouraged)...US doesn't pay maternity leave (12 weeks) when other countries do, other countries offer max 40 hour work week...increase in number of childless couples, fathers becoming more involved (mothers still do more), men still tend to have more income TERM 29 Divorce DEFINITION 29 40-50% of marriages end in divorce...most occur after 7-8 years. Remarriages are more likely than first marriages to end in divorce. Adjustment: high conflict divorce increases health, women tend to struggle after, interracial marriage have a higher divorce rate, having divorced parents makes a person more likely to divorce