1. Infants, Children, and Adolescents Laura E. Berk 6th edition
Chapter 17
Emerging Adulthood
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2. Do You Feel That You Have Reached Adulthood?

3. Areas of Exploration in Emerging Adulthood
Education
Romance
Career
Residence
Politics
Religion

4. Postponing Marriage
In 1950, the average age of first marriage was about 20 for women and 23 for men.
Currently, the comparable ages are 25 and 27 in the United States, and 28 and 30 in Canada.

5. Coming Home
More than half of 18 to 25-year –olds return to their parent’s home for a brief period after leaving.
The end of college, job transitions, or failures in work or love can bring young people home.
Lower-SES and ethnic minority emerging adults are more likely to live with parents.
The longer bridge between adolescence and adulthood is an emerging cultural construction.

6. Cultural Change and Emerging Adulthood
Developed economies
Longer education needed, so longer emerging adulthood
Dramatic Gains in Life Expectancy
Young people in traditional,
non-Western countries do not
experience
Low-SES in Western nations
may not experience

7. Postformal Thought
Important advances in thinking follow the attainment of formal operations
College students make impressive strides
College as “developmental testing ground”
“Culture shock”
Exposure to many viewpoints
Social experiences combine
with personal effort to spark
new ways of thinking

8. Development of Epistemic Cognition
William Perry
Our reflections on how we arrived at facts, beliefs, and ideas
Dualistic Thinking
Relativistic Thinking
Commitment Within Relativistic Thinking
Importance of peer interaction and reflection

9. Emotional and Social Changes
Advances in identity development
Breadth and depth
Many aspects of life course that were once socially structured are now left up to the individual to decide, a process that requires self-efficacy, purpose, and confidence in overcoming obstacles.
Personal agency

10. Love in Emerging Adulthood
Erikson – Intimacy
Intimacy helped by:
Partner similarity
Good communication
Secure internal working model
of attachment
Cohabitation longer term in Europe than North America

11. Work in Emerging Adulthood
More preparation for adult work
Internships, apprenticeships,
college majors
Mentors
Levinson – “Dream” stage
Men: career-focused
Women: split dreams

12. Gender in Emerging Adulthood
During college, women’s career ambitions often decline partly because of questions about ability and partly because of questions about combining work with parenthood.
Women who achieve have four experiences in common:
A college environment that values the achievement of women
Frequent interaction with faculty and professionals in their field
The opportunity to test their abilities in supportive extracurricular, internship, and work environments
Models of accomplished women who have successfully dealt with family-career role conflict

13. Ethnic Minorities in Emerging Adulthood
Ethnic minorities are at a greater risk for dropping out of college.
College programs that reach out to high-risk students increase retention.
Racial bias in career opportunities remains strong.
Ethnic minority women must surmount combined gender and racial discrimination to realize their career potential.

14. Relationship of Ethnicity of Job Applicant’s Name to Employer Callback

15. Worldviews
Civic and Political Commitments
Religion and Spirituality

16. What Values Do You Think Are Most Important to Pass on to the Next Generation?

17. Resources That Foster Resilience in Emerging Adulthood
Cognitive Attributes
Emotional and Social Attributes
Social Supports
Relationships with parents have an especially wide-ranging influence.

18. Loneliness Over the Lifespan