EARLY ADULTHOOD Flashcards
(15 cards)
Q: What are the two types of aging?
A: Primary aging (biological, inevitable) and secondary aging (due to environment/lifestyle, preventable).
Q: What is the biological clock?
A: The internal timing for physical and reproductive changes.
Q: What is the social clock?
A: Societal expectations for life events (marriage, kids, career).
Q: Why is early adulthood considered the most challenging period (Helen Bee)?
A: Because adults juggle multiple demanding roles: worker, partner, parent.
Q: What is role strain?
A: When a person’s skills don’t meet the demands of a role.
Q: What is role conflict?
A: When two or more roles have conflicting demands.
Q: What causes increased mental health issues in early adulthood?
A: High expectations, role overload, and transitions in identity and lifestyle.
Q: What is the prevalence of mental health disorders in early adulthood?
A: Most prevalent during young adulthood; 1 in 3 Canadians will be affected in their lifetime.
Theories of mate selection
Evolution
Filter
Similarity
Social Role
Exchange Theory
Exchange Theory
Assets we can offer, can put out there, to exchange and choose a partner based on the best exchange we can take, for example one person loving, one economic, or one parent a giver, and one a provider
Similarity
Choose mate based on similar characteristics to ourselves, for example age, social class, race, attitude, temperament), not identical but similar in a number of ways
Filter
Choose partners based on a series of steps, filter out a large pool of candidates to a smaller group, could start with physical characteristics then move to something like education, political stance etc.
Evolution
Men look for women who can bear and feed children, good health, women look for an appearance that suggests strength, protection, continue species, and family lineage (evolutionary mis-match - characteristics that were useful previously are not looked for today)
Social Role
Choose a partner to fulfill a particular role for us, for example choose for an economic provider, because they would be a good parent, fathering or a mother role, managing a home etc.
