Young And Middle Adulthood Flashcards
(28 cards)
When someone enters adulthood it can be different from ___ and ___ (legally considered an adult at 18)
Regions and cultures
__ __ ___ - Ceremony for when someone becomes an adult
Rite of Passage
___ ___ covers ages 20-40 (usually when someone is at their physical peak)
Young adulthood
___ ____ ____ - Reassessment of what they wanted to do in their lives in their 20’s at age 30 (may switch careers or settle down, may start a family)
Age 30 Transition
_____ vs _____ - people form close relationships with friends and spouses (30’s)
Intimacy vs isolation
__% - __% of all people will marry in the U.S.
75%-80%
6 Parental version of stages of development (with children)
Image making
Nurturing
Authority
Interpretive
Independent
Departure
___ ___ stage - Parents imagine what their child and parenting will be like (happens when the parents find out they are having a baby)
Image making stage
_____ stage - Parents become very attached to the child (child becomes attached to parents, parents balance their needs with child’s needs, birth to age 2)
Nurturing stage
_____ ____/stage - After a child starts saying no (parents teach their child discipline)
Authority phase/stage
_____ stage - When parents begin to help their child interpret and navigate the world around them (from age 5 to early teens when children become curious)
Interpretive stage
____ stage - When Children enter their mid to late teens, teens begin to demand more independence from their parents, and parents struggle forming new bonds
Independent stage
____ stage - When Children begin to leave the home as adults (can lead to empty nest syndrome)
Departure stage
____ ____ ___ - Where parents become saddened by their children leaving the home
Empty nest syndrome
In ____ same sex marriage was legalized across the country
2015
_____ ___ - Where families set two people up for marriage without meeting are common (how a spouse is chosen depends on culture)
Arranged marriage
____ - Process of legally ending a marriage (many couples even if they marry for love can end in divorce, can have psychological impacts on the couple and their kids)
Divorce
____-___ ___ - Which neither side has to prove the fault of the other
No-fault divorces
Children of ____ are more likely to develop behavioral problems, engage in substance abuse, or have lower grades (not permanent, many children will overcome the stress)
Divorce
____ ____ - Stage of life that occurs between ages 40-60 (many physical changes are beginning to occur such as loss in coordination, strength and stamina. Gradual decline in physical ability)
Middle adulthood
Eriksons main goal for middle adults
Generativity
_____ - Ability to create, originate, and produce. (Can add meaning and enhance self esteem, conflict between this and stagnation)
Generativity
_____ - Failure to find a way to contribute
Stagnation
People ages __-__begin to change their perspective (instead of viewing age as how old they are, they view it as how much time they have left. Death of a parent can trigger this. Women may experience this transition 5 years before men do at 35.)
40-45
