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PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY ADULTHOOD (Physical…
PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY ADULTHOOD
The transition from adolescence to adulthood
Becoming an adult
Key Features - emerging adulthood (The transition from adolescence to adulthood,which is characterized by experimentation and exploration)
Self focused
Feeling in between
Instability
The age of possibilities,a time when individuals have an opportunity to transform their lives
Identity exploration especially in love and work
The Changing Landscape of Emerging and Early Adulthood
Create positive adult connections with adolescents
Challenge adolescents to become more competent
Give candid,quality feedback to adolescents
Provide them with opportunities to be a contributors
Adolescents will become confident adult
Markers of becoming an adult
Holding a more or less permanent ,full time job
The transition from high school to college
Having higher levels of stress and depression on their first year
Cognitive development
Cognitive stages
Piaget's view - Young adults advanced in their thinking,they have more knowledge than adolescents
Postformal thought (Thinking that is reflective,relativistic,contextual,provisional,
realistic and influenced by emotions
Reflective,relativistic,contextua
l
(Young adults engage in solving problems)
Provisional
(young adults become more skeptical about the truth)
Realistic
(They understand that thinking cant always be abstract)
Recognized as being influenced by emotions
(Emerging and young adults are more likely than adolescents to understand that their thinking is influenced by emotions)
Creativity
Personality traits are linked to creativity
Physical development
Eating and weight
Obesity
Heredity ( genetic)
Environmental factors
Dieting (Diet + exercise = lost weight )
Binge eating disorder ( Frequent binge eating but without compensatory behavior like the purging that characterizes bulimics)
Regular exercise
Reduce screen time,Chart your progress,
Get rid of excuses,Imagine the alternative
Physical performance and development health
Muscle tone and strength begin to show sign of decline around the age of 30
Substance abuse
Alcohol
Alcoholism (Disorder that involves long-term,repeated ,uncontrolled,compulsive and excessive use of alcoholic beverages)
Binge drinking ( Getting generally intoxicated or drunk before
going out or socializing or attending an event )
Cigarette Smoking and Nicotine
want to quit but addiction to nicotine often makes quitting a challenge
Health
The health profile of emerging and young adults can be improved by reducing the incidence of certain health impairing lifestyles
Sexuality
Sexual activity in emerging adulthood
Initiation and gateway scripts - Men initiate,women gatekeepers ( set the limits )
Physical and emotional sex - Men physical,women emotional approaches
Sexual performance - Men and women sexually skilled and knowledgeable
Sexual evaluation - Single women who appear sexual are judged negatively,men are rewarded for being sexual
Sex drive - Men are always ready,women inhibit sexual expression
Sexual orientation and behavior
Sources of sexual orientation
Women are likely to change their sexual patterns and desires,have mores sexual experiences with same-sex opposite sex
Attitudes and behavior lesbians and gays
Lesbian have fewer sexual partner than gay men
Heterosexual Attitudes and behavior
Men think about it more often
Sexually transmitted infections
Diseases that are contracted primarily through sexual activity
Forcible sexual behavior and sexual harassment
Rape ( Forcible sexual intercourse with a person who does not consent to it.)
Sexual harassment (Manifestation of power of one person over another )
Careers and work
Monitoring the occupational outlook
Projected job growth varies widely by educational requirements
The impact of work
Work during college
can help land the job we want after graduate
Unemployment
Can cause stress
Dual-earner couples
face special challenges finding a balance between work and family
Finding a path on purpose
Parents and teachers should discuss
the purpose of academic achievement
Diversity in the workplace
Developmental changes
Their career decision making turned more serious