1. Experiencing The Lifespan
JANET BELSKY
Experiencing The Lifespan
3rd edition
Chapter 10:
Constructing an Adult Life
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2. Table 10.1 A Twenty-Something Body at Its Physical Peak, and Snapshots of How a Few Capacities Decline Over Time
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3. Figure 10.1 The ups and downs of the emerging-adult years: In a 10-year study tracing how young people develop from age 17 to 27, researchers discovered that many emerging adults move backward and forward on their way to constructing an adult life. These graphs illustrate the adult pathways of five different people in the areas of financial independence and romantic relationships.
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4. Table 10.2 Tips for Getting Along as Co-residing Adults
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5. Table 10.3 Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages
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6. Figure 10.2 How rates of depression changed in an economically diverse sample of over 1000 young people traveling from age 18 to age 22: Notice from this chart that the vast majority of l8-year-olds and early twenty-some things are happy (red). Those teens with major depressive disorders is still battling their condition three years later (blue). But a reasonable percentage of moderately depressed teens become happier as they make the transition to adult life (yellow line).
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7. Figure 10.3 The zone of flow: Notice that the flow zone (white area) depends on a delicate matching of our abilities and the challenge involved in a particular real-world task. If the task is too difficult or beyond our capacities, we land in the upper red area of the chart and become anxious. If the task is too easy, we land in the lower, gray area of the chart and become bored. Moreover, as our skills increase, the difficulty of the task must also increase to provide us with the sense of being in flow. Which theorist’s ideas about teaching and what stimulates mental growth does this model remind you of? (Turn page upside down for answer.)
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8. Figure 10.4 Snapshots of economic inequality, with regard to higher education, earnings and getting a college degree: Chart (A) shows that the earnings gap between high school and college graduates dramatically widened from 1973 to 2007, underlining that high school grads are being “left behind” economically. Chart (B) shows that for intellectually talented young people, family income makes a huge difference in getting that degree. Bottom line: In the United States, finishing college is vital and lowincome high-ability students are at a severe disadvantage.
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9. Table 10.4 Succeeding in College/Finding a Career Identity Tips for Young People and Society: A Section Summary
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10. Table 10.5 Erikson’s Life Stages and Their Psychological Tasks
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11. Table 10.6 Homosexual Stereotypes and Scientific Facts
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12. Table 10.7 Some Major Positive (+) and Negative (–) Turning Points in a Relationship
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13. Table 10.8 Fun Research Findings Relating to Finding Love (and Sex)
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14. Table 10.9 Evaluating Your Own Relationship: A Section Summary Checklist
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