PSYC 3206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Social Enterprise, Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Visual Acuity
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18/21 : markers of adulthood. voting, enlisting, marriage, alcohol, tobacco rites of passage: rituals marking initiation into adulthood role transitions: the act of assuming new responsibilities and duties. i. e. moving out, college, marriage, etc Emerging adulthood: between adolescence and adulthood. late teens to mid to late 20s an age of explorations an age of instability a self-focused age an age of feeling in-between an age of possibilities behavioral changes decrease in risky behaviors. Intelligence in adulthood is characterized by: multidimensionality, multidirectionality, plasticity. Uid intelligence: the abilities that make people exible and adaptive thinkers, allow them to make inferences and enable them to understand relations among concepts. this includes inductive reasoning and abstract thinking. The correct answer may vary from situation to situation. Ambiguity and contradiction happen regularly adult thinking shows integration of emotion and logic. Life span construct: a uni ed sense of the past, present, and future based on personal experience and input from other people.
