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-Piaget's Formal Operational Theory
-Understanding that the correct answer to a problem can: *require reflective thinking
*vary from one situation to another
*the search for the truth is often an ongoing, never ending process
-The belief that the solutions to problems need to be realistic, and that emotions and subjective factors can influence thinking
-consists of relativism, contradiction, and synthesis
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-five or more drinks within 1 hour for males
-four or more drinks within 1 hour for females
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-Erikson's Eight Life-Span Stages
-early adulthood
-face forming intimate relationships; if you form healthy friendships and a good relationship with anothe, intimacy is achieved if not isolation results
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| Havighurst's Young Adult Life Tasks |
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-selecting a mate
-learning to live with a partner
-starting a family
-raising children
-managing a home
-assuming civic responsibilities
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| Levinson's Theory of Adult Development |
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-early adulthood (17-40 years)
-three main tasks:
*leaving the family
*getting into adult world
*settling down
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| Levinson's Sequence for Early Adulthood |
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-did research of people in the 1940’s and 1950’s
-17 -22 = transition to early adulthood. Task is psychological independence
-22-28 - Stable phase. Become autonomous. Establish self in adult world.
• Work on developing intimacy.
-28-33 = Age 30 Transition - Reevaluate life structure.
-33-40 - Stable Phase - “settling down”
**more stable for men than for women**
• career consolidation is a major goal
• sex differences
• men are settling down
• often see continued instability for women
*consistently focused on career and marriage* |
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| -similarity of values and interests |
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-20s
-biological prime, more physical energy, less likelihood of building expectations for children |
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-sexually transmitted infection
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-awareness of multiple truths (there isn't always one answer, you only bring perspective)
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-a basic aspect of reality
-people and situations have these features
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| -pulling together and making sense of contradictory thoughts, emotions and experiences |
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| 10 Factors Predicting Marital Satisfaction |
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-communication of emotion
-homogamy
-age at which people get married
-length of courtship
-timing of first pregnancy
-relationship with extended family
-marital patterns in extended family
-financial and employment security
-personality characteristics
-expectations of marraige
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| -care designed to make death as free from pain, anxiety, and depression as possible |
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| -painlessly ending the lives of people who are suffering from incurable diseases or sever disabilities |
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-component of hospice
-reducing pain and suffering and helping individuals die with dignity
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| -enduring despair that is still unresolved after an extended period of time |
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Stages of Adult Cognition (K. Warner Schaie)
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-achieving stage (early adulthood):
*time when knowledge is applied
-application of knowledge
*realize that problems may have more than one solution
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