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Early Adulthood
Development in early adulthood
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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
05/04/2014

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Postformal Thought
Definition
Cognitive development beyond Piaget's formal operations
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Epistemic Cognition
Definition
Our reflections on how we arrived at facts, beliefs, and ideas
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Pragmatic Thought
Definition
Structural advance in which logic becomes a tool for solving real-world problems
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Maximizer
Definition
Hella factors for what they want in a situation
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Satisficer
Definition
Bare minimum factors, more based on what they can handle
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Dogmatism
Definition
  • Truth is not absolute
  • No one knows the answer
  • Blindly chose things
  • Rely on authority figures for truths
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Skepticism
Definition
  • Nobody knows the answers so we don't need to know
  • Abandon knowing things for sure
  • Refute all allegiances

 

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Relativistic Thinking
Definition
  • All knowledge is embedded in a framework of thought
  • Aware of diversity of opinions on many topics
  • Give up possibility of absolute truth in favor of many truths, each relative to context
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Committed Relativism
Definition
Try to formulate a satisfying perspective that synthesizes contradictions instead of choosing btwn opposing views
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Cognitive-affective Complexity
Definition
  • Awareness of posi and negi feelings and coordination of them into a complex, organized structure
  • Am emotional and cognitive approach to goals
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Avoidant/Dismissive Attachment
Definition
  • Stressed independence & mistrust of love partners
  • Anxious about closeness
  • Jealousy, emotional distance, lack of support to partner's distress
  • Most likely to cheat
  • Endorse unrealistic beliefs about romantic relationships
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Resistant/preoccupied Attachment
Definition
  • Seek to merge w/ another person & fall in love quickly
  • Jealousy, emotional highs/lows, & desperation
  • Poorly offers support
  • Fear of abandonment
  • Quick to express fear & anger
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Secure/autonomous Attachment
Definition
  • Comfortable w/ intimacy
  • Relationships characterized by trust, happiness, & friendship
  • Empathetic & supportive towards partner
  • Constructive conflict resolution strategies
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Family Life Cycle
Definition
Sequence of phases characterizing the development of most families around the world
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Perry's Stages
Definition
  1. Younger students have dualistic thinking
  2. Older students become more lexible & tolerant; move to relavistic thinking
  3. Most mature when reach committed relativism
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Factors of Committed Relativism
Definition
  • Actively seeking out differing perspectives
  • Gains in metacognition
  • Struggling w/ realistic but ambiguous problems in a supportive environment
  • Working with others on the same level
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Vocational Prep Strategy for US
Definition
Having apprenticeship courses/programs would help the US
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Changes in Creativity
Definition
  • expertise of specific areas
  • originality
  • directed at social or aesthetic needs
  • requires ability to formulate new/meaningful problems
  • Factors:exposure to certain things; certain disciplines have certain or differing levels
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Other-sex Friendships
Definition
  • Not always kept platonic
  • May become attracted to each other (men more likely)
  • May turn romantic
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