HDFS 1070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Informal Learning, Individuation
15 Oct 2016
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Adolescence lasts longer bc need to know more, be more financially stable. Adulthood- need to be more independent from family, rework financial, emotional ties. Have to assert this is who you are, what you want to do, independent of approval and disapproval of others. Knowing yourself, maturity, gaining ego resources to take on adult roles: partnering with someone. Commitment to life"s work (career: live independently, paying rent, mortgage, car, hopefully gives you sense of joy, quality of life. Shaping your dreams: mapping out a vision for the future: require life experiences. 20% of college grads still working in career they majored in 10 years later. Assumption is that identity work leads to maturity and maturity is. Necessary to take on adult roles and responsibilities. Adults are more mature than children and adolescents. Assumption there needs to be a foundation of maturity to lead to adulthood.
