PSY 2114 Study Guide - Final Guide: Dysphoria, Organ Donation, Presbyopia

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 2114
• Professor: Wendy Lee

Document Summary

Technological revolution: machines taking over jobs, different jobs available requiring more knowledge. Sexual revolution: birth control, marriage age rising premarital sex becomes common. Womens movement: women in schools, don"t need a man to be supported. Youth movement: not in any hurry to enter adulthood. Identity exploration: much more interaction possible than previously. Self focus: much time spent on self to move life ahead (school, career, relationships) Feeling in between: transition between adolescence and adulthood. Possibilities: having too many possibilities makes things harder. An adult friendship is a mutual relationship in which those involved influence one another"s behaviours and beliefs: based on feelings and grounded in reciprocity and choice, boost self esteem, three themes that make them last. Sociability and compatibility: aquintenceship, buildup, continuation, deterioration, ending (abcde) Ending based on whether there are alternative friendships: more friends than in adolescence because there are more opportunities to meet people, internet users have the most friendships, on and offline.