Life Span Exam 3-Final Exam

emerging adulthood

• age 18-25

• list of developmental goals (sense of self, career/education, relationships)

• social clock- society’s time table on when certain goals should be accomplished

older system vs current system

older:

early adulthood- 20-40s

middle adulthood- 40-60/65

late adulthood- 60/65+

current:

emerging adulthood- 18-25

adulthood- 26-56/70

late adulthood- 65/70/75+

peak physical health and attractiveness

• most active years of the life span

• caring for oneself (heath)

• chronic disease is low

• low mortality

senescence

decline of the body due to aging, hardly noticeable to certain ages, shows up often in flexibility

physical problems

• drug use typically drops off

• STI’s will increase in emerging adults ½ (HPV is most common)

cognitive develupment

• changes in thinking since adolescence (less impulsive, thinking more long term

Stage approach (Piaget)

qualitative change, the way we think changes

Psychometric approach

how do we measure it/what are the dimensions

Information processing approach

using a computer as an analogy for the human brain, how we retrieve and encode info

post formal thought

the stage after formal operational thought, more suited to handle life’s inconsistency’s

development of faith (Fowler)

time for growth of faith/can be in anything (God, philosophical principles, country, self)

Fowler stage 1- intuitive projective faith

faith is magical, illogical, imaginative, filled with fantasy (3-7)

Fowler stage 2- Mythic literal faith

takes myths and stories of religion literally, thinking that by following God you will not be punished (middle school and some adults)

Fowler stage 3- synthetic-conventional faith

A conformist stage where individuals adopt a, often unchallenged, belief system from peers, family, and society to form a coherent, external identity (adolescence adult)

Fowler stage 4- Individual-reflective faith

An "adult" stage marked by critical reflection, questioning assumptions, and taking personal responsibility for beliefs (mid 20s-late 30s)

Stage 5- Conjunctive faith

Individuals accept that truth is paradoxical, reconciling contradictions and embracing mystery, often, but not always, appearing in mid-life.

Stage 6- Universalizing Faith

A rare stage involving a commitment to justice, love, and a universal, self-transcending perspective that breaks down boundaries (more rare than the other stages)

Psychosocial Development (18-25)

• identity vs role confusion (discovering sense of self (career-requiring more education), education, faith, political)

cognitive growth and higher education

• bachelors degree is minimum requirement for success (more likely to seek education throughout life, but tend to not retain information very well)