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​ Emerging Adulthood: Biosocial & Psychosocial

By Jazzie Johnson

• Chapter 19 discusses the physciological impact during emerging adulthood. It also discusses the interaction it has with societal standards.

Chapter 19: Psychosocial

• Chapter 17 discussed the intertwining of the biological and social aspects of emerging adulthood.

Chapter 17: Biosocial

Emerging Adulthood

Multiple Choice

How do we define emerging adulthood?

• The time period where we begin feeling like an adult

• The way the physical body blossoms during adulthood

• A new concept that emphasizes the developmental time period from the late teens through the twenties

Chapter 17

• Society has emphasized three roles as the most important accomplishment in an adult's life: employee, spouse, and parent.

• In today's society, it is most common to delay families and marriages which then pushes the rush toward actual adulthood.

Multiple Choice

What is the percentage of high school graduates as of 2020?

• 67%

• 85%

• 90%

• 55%

Chapter 17: Biosocial Emerging Adulthood

• Emerging adulthood is the time where everyone is at their physical prime.

• All of the awkaward phases from body issues are typically disregarded.

• The media continues to be a source of influence throughout this age group.

Chapter 17: Biosocial Emerging Adulthood

• In emerging adulthood, the physical body, including the systems, are at great physical peak.

• Society and evolutionary reasons are also great motivators.

  • Emerging adults are more inclined to keep a slender build because of its proximity to good health.

  • Men are looking for healthy women because they believe that if a woman is in good health, she will be able to procreate.

Multiple Choice

What age does strength gradually decrease?

• 30

• 35

• 25

Chapter 17: Biosocial Emerging Adulthood

• This age is all about risk taking.

• Despite the attention to physical health, emerging adults don't take danger in account as much as those older than them.

• Risks may be miniscule or major.

  • unportected sex, climbing a mountain, joining the army, extreme sports, and more can be considered risky behavior

  • Emerging adults are less likely to die from a disease and more likely to die from risky behavior

Open Ended

What are the 3 critical habits that are needed in emerging adulthood?

Chapter 19: Psychosocial Emerging Adulthood

• The Psychosocial model of emerging adulthood is all about one of Erikson's stages of development

  • Identity vs. Role diffusion

• Once identity is achieved, intimacy becomes the struggle.

• Familial ties tend to become weaker after the age 18

• In today's age, familial ties, especially parental support, tends to last past 18

Chapter 19: Psychosocial Emerging Adulthood

• With today's economy and the delay in creating families and becoming married, emerging adults tend to stay home longer.

• We also have parents continuing to be overportective of their children.

  • Young people begin adulthood later, and older adults live longer with fewer offspring, thereby lengthening the time, need, and opportunity for parental support.

• Emerging adulthood is all about finding yourself and then seeking intimacy.

• In this stage, familial relationshops and friendships quenches the need for intimacy

• The biosocial and psychosocial models both discuss how emerging adults postpone commitment.

• Education is the main reason emerging adults postpone commiment.

• Emerging adulthood is the prime age for taking risks

Biosocial and Psychosocial Comparisons of Emerging Adulthoods

Multiple Choice

Emerging-adults are experiencing fewer romances

• True

• False

Open Ended

What is moratoria and how does it impact emerging adulthood?

Multiple Choice

When are emerging adults starting to have families?

• early 20s to mid 20s

• early 30s to mid 30s

• late 30s to early 40s

• late 20s to early 30s