During a lifetime, there are many changes that we go through to make us who we are, starting when you are a child. Growing up, there are things that may affect our cognitive development that may disrupt the learning and growing process. Adolescence and emerging adulthood represent core formative periods of the life span, in which young people face multiple challenges that are crucial for self and prosocial development (Crocetti et al.) It is very important that a child has the adequate amount of time to obtain the cognitive skills and social abilities that are required to live a happy and healthy lifestyle. If certain milestones are not met, it will affect them drastically and raise concern because the child is not developing at the correct …show more content…
According to the text, when role transition approaches marking adulthood, it is a movement marked by assumption of new responsibilities and duties. From a psychological perspective, becoming an adult means behaving in a fundamentally different way. Emerging adulthood is the period between late teens and mid to late twenties when individuals are not adolescents but are not yet fully adults. It also differs demographically and is associated with cultural and socioeconomical environment one lives in. At this time, people tend to explore new careers, understand their self-identity commitments and live life more on the edge (Kail & Cavanaugh, 2016).
Rites of Passage
Becoming an adult depends on many cultural and psychological factors. In some cultures, the have rites of passage which is a ritual marking adulthood. For example, In the Latin culture, they have quinceanera’s, which is the fifteenth birthday party which involves a mass beforehand. Munsey wrote that “Jean S. Phinney, PhD, a psychology professor, said I think it can be harder for ethnic minorities who come from a culture where the expectations of what you should do are very strong (2006).” There are many different ways to enter adulthood, culture and religion play a big role.
Jeffrey Jensen
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He interviewed 300 people from different cities, cultures and economic prospects from ages 18 to 29 and asked them what they wanted out of life. Even though they were all different in some type of way shape or form, the all had similar answers. Which led him to the conclusion they all shared the perception of feeling “in between”. Arnett describes emerging adulthood as the end of adolescence to the young adults’ responsibilities which consist of a stable job, marriage and parenthood. (Munsey, 2006). Arnett proposed five features of emerging adults which are, Age of identity exploration, stability, self-focus, feeling “in between” and possibilities. As an emerging adult, the main focus at this stage is to disengage from the adolescence stage and begin to feel responsible for themselves without cutting off your family. At this time, they are exploring careers, self-identity and
In “Changes in the transition to adulthood in the UK and Canada: the role of structure and agency in emerging adulthood” by James Côté and John M. Bynner, they discuss the exclusion processes in education and the workplace that restrict young people from experiencing the developmental processes that benefit all emerging adults. Essentially, the notion of adulthood is becoming longer than it used to be due to economical and societal restrictions. In the article, Côté and Bynner refer to Jeffery Arnett, who argues that young adulthood is now in reference to the thirties rather than the twenties (Côté and Bynner 253). This is in
Emerging adults have reached a step up from childhood but are not yet ready to fully take on adult responsibilities. This part of life is open to many new experiences which can be very good for the morality of this upcoming generation of adults. People find themselves changing majors in college or taking different classes to explore their interests and find out where they best belong in their future career field.
As the mother of seven grown children, I agree with most of Jeffrey Arnett’s, author of Emerging Adulthood, theories. It is a time of change, with a developmental connection between adolescence and adulthood. During this phase of development, children experience periods of self-discovery transformation. There are favorable outcomes as well as adverse effects during this developmental stage. Furthermore, this successive stage encourages and promotes the change from the dependency of their parents to the independence that is distinctive for adults. This autonomy is beneficial because it prepares the emerging adult for their future independently from their parents. Arnett believes there are five characteristics of emerging adulthood that make it distinguishable from other time periods: the age of identity explorations, the age of instability, the self-focused age, the age of feeling in-between, and the age of possibilities.
The life pursuits and subjective judgments of many contemporary young people indicate that the transition to adult roles has become so delayed and prolonged that it has spawned a new transitional period extending from the late teens to the mid-to late-twenties, called emerging adulthood. During the college years, young people often refine their approach to forming their own identity. In these years, young people have left adolescence, but most have not yet assumed adult responsibilities. Many have dreams and those are what guides them in their decision making. In the video, 22 year old Casey describes her dream and comments on her identity development. Casey says that she became interested in Psychology in high school during her junior year when she took a psych course. She knew from then on that was what she wanted to do, but she hadn't picked a career yet. Casey said that she picked a career during her first year of graduate school, when she decided on gerontology. She said her happy and active grandparents had a lot to do with picking a career and wanting to work with the population. Casey thinks her identity was a gradual process and it's only really formed since last year. She feels her parents helped shape her morals and beliefs, but in between her senior year and her first year of graduate school, she started to form her own and integrated some of her own ideas. 24 year old Elizabeth and 25 year old Joel are shown discussing
In the magazine article "What Is It About 20-Somethings," Robin Marantz Henig discussed the stagnant transcendence of adolescents into adulthood with society and economy evolve to accomodate people's needs. Most make it into the realm of adulthood once they surpass these milestones: "completing school, leaving home, becoming financially independent, marrying and having a child". However, some linger in a new stage called the "emerging adulthood," where they spend more time than others to explore their identity and to develop "sense of possibilities". Causes for the delay include cultural expectation, dependence on parents, change in hierarchy of needs, and adolescent brain development. And as a result, society become uncertain whether to extend
The adolescent individuals begin to reach sexual maturity and established their identity as an adult. This period marks the transition in which individuals think and reason. They also start to encounter conflicts between their family and their peers.
Being an adult is the number one thing that children want to be: The desire to get older to do things that you want when you want and having no one say otherwise. However, what is an adult? An ambiguous term that really falls into the hands of the individual, where at Sixteen you can drive, eighteen you can vote, and twenty-one you can drink, for those in the USA, all varying ages that individuals could use as indications of adulthood. Robin Heinig wrote and article “What is it about 20- somethings?” where she discusses Arnett’s proposal about a new developmental stage, “Emerging Adulthood”. Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, an American professor in psychology, believes that we aren 't entering adulthood till the later portions of our twenties. For some, this may be true but for the general population including myself I find this hard to believe. Leo Hendry’s article, “How universal is emerging adulthood? An empirical example”, on emerging adulthood gives a deeper understanding to what this generation 's kids are going through. The late teens are a crucial part to the lives of a young adult. It 's the time that we spend trying to identify ourselves, escape the circumstance that we are put into at a younger age, or just had a better family income. Arnett is not wrong, but all other external factors need to be accounted for before we know, or even consider if emerging adulthood is a new developmental stage.
The study concluded that however a few categories lined up between graduates, some college individuals, and non-student individuals, the overall findings reinforced other studies that the ages of 18-30 look very different for non-students versus college students (Mitchell & Syed, 2015). Arnett’s emerging adulthood theory may be overgeneralizing to a population that is very diverse (Mitchell & Syed,
The article "Betwixt and Bewildered: Scholars are Intrigued by the Angst of "Emerging Adults" by Lynn Smith discusses a societal trend towards young adults (18-25) who are struggling to achieve the traditional markers of adulthood. The article covers some of the scholarly debate of the subject, wherein some researchers accept the phenomenon, others reject it, and between them they find little in the way of clear definition of the problem and its ramifications.
Emerging adulthood entails having independent social roles. It is the time period where this person is not a child, yet not an adult as well. directions in life are uncertain, but the possibilities are endless. This paper will discuss how emerging adults overcome challenges in cognitive, social, emotional,
“Having these responsibilities put on a person for the first time is a transition phase. This is where most realize that it is time to grow up. Though some would argue that this age is too old, remember, we must consider those who take longer to reach the right state a maturity”. For example, some can still have the mind of a 16 year old and don’t realize that they’re now an adult. Also, in “The 3 things that make you an adult” says that you know you are an adult when you are taking responsibility for yourself, making independent decisions, and have financial independence. My brother, who is 21, is in college, taking care of himself, well off financially, and makes independent decisions. This would prove that he is an adult since he does not rely on our parents 24/7 for their care and money. He is stable in his life.
This specific structure has expended into many young adults living with his/her parents into their 20's and beyond with a widespread demographic. According to Kins, DeMol, and Beyers (2013), “the transition to adulthood is prolonged, creating a separate developmental phase between adolescence and adulthood” (p. 89). This nontraditional phenomenal is known as “failure to launch syndrome.” This syndrome consist of an individuals who lack the abilities or find difficulties in accepting adult's roles and responsibilities due to attachment issues or poor decision making skills. The lack of essential skills causes a delay in development created by fear introducing major concerns in an individual placement in society. There are several circumstances into why young adults fail to transition to the next phase in their developmental process such as the following: family system, socioeconomic status, medical reason, identity issues, and
From adolescence to late adulthood, our lives change drastically. Our goals, achievements and conceptions of life differentiate as we mature. As we grow older, we no longer concern ourselves with self-identity or the opinions of others, but instead we focus on our accomplishments and evaluate our life (if we lived a meaningful life). From adolescence to late adulthood, we experience different developmental tasks at a particular place in our life span.
There are five key features that characterize emerging adulthood. The first s identity exploration. The second is “Instability.” For many the instability is a result of residential changes such as living in a dorm. There is also instability in friendships, romantic relationships, academia, and work. Emerging adults have few obligations, responsibilities, and commitments. Because they have so much autonomy in controlling their own lives the third key feature is “Self-Focused.” One of the most difficult
Peck (1968) suggests that it is psychologically healthy for middle-aged adults to redefine the people in their lives so they can find value in their relationships (Zastrow, 2011). Michael a 45-year old male with no children, weight issues, and a girlfriend with children of whom he is uncertain about in his life is struggling with dealing with his weight and health issues. In addition, to his personal problems Michael also has his sister Taylor to look after who has been diagnosed with HIV. Michael is in the stage of his life where he is redefining his identity and questioning those around him and the