HDFS 105 Study Guide Exam 3
Early Adulthood:
Physical development
• Physical performance peaks in 20’s
o Best speed and agility in athletes occurs between age 18 and 30, then begins to decline
• Most young adults are very healthy
o Report the least illnesses and chronic health complaints
o Unhealthy habits established in childhood persist
Women
• Decrease in importance of marital status
• Self-Esteem and identity
Work
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Know about Levinson’s research
• Male
o Leaving the family, getting into the adult world, becoming independent, creating a structure for life that will be reviewed as the person ages
• Female
o Not as much research done
o Women in the past were seen in terms of their reproductive role
o Today- careers outside the home play significant in self-esteem, identity
o Decease in importance of marital status in women’s roles and activities
• Women are perceived to age faster than men but is not true. Women outlive men
Conceptions of age periods, women viewed as aging faster than men, reasons
Social norms, physical peak in development
• Social norms – especially age norms –define what is appropriate for people to do at various ages
Erikson’s stage – Intimacy vs Isolation
• Young adults form meaningful relationships with other young adults
• May form long lasting partnership
• If not, young adults may become isolated, lonely
• Must balance intimacy, commitment, independence, freedom, avoid isolation
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Carol Gilligan research
• Men and women live in different moral domains
o Men – justice approach
• Women – responsibility approach
o Perceive morality as an obligation to avoid hurting others
Review marriage and family life, parenting, diversity of adult lifestyles
• Parenting
o Single Moms worry about financial, children, and...
