PSYC 2235 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Midlife Crisis, Emerging Adulthood And Early Adulthood
18 Nov 2016
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Psyc 2235 - lecture 14 - social and personality development in early adulthood. New roles, relationships and people are met during this period in the lifespan. Adult roles differ from culture to culture, cohort to cohort, and individual to individual. Social connections become far more complex between ages 20 to 40. Many different social consequences including marriage, divorce, parenthood, and career development. Identity achieved: erikson: identity search starts in puberty and into adulthood, each stage brings new crises for the individual. Isolation: individual must find a life partner or supportive friends to avoid social isolation. Intimacy: the capacity to engage in a supportive, affectionate relationship without losing one"s own sense of self. Depends on resolution of identity stage in adolescence. Levinson"s life structure: life structure: the underlying pattern or design of a person"s life at a given time, which includes roles, relationships, and behaviour patterns, stability and instability, three phases.
