My Adulthood Research Paper

the most part. These years in a persons life have often been referred to as emerging adulthood.

The transition to adulthood is an important area of research because of the multitude of changes that are experienced after adolescence, including the changing achievement goals, values, and aspirations that many young adults face. In your discussion post discuss significant physical, cognitive and other related life changes that impact adults during this particular stage in life.

Mission: Adulthood is a book written by Hannah Seligson that explores the lives of seven 20-somethings in this current times as they go through life figuring out their work, love, and personal life. The book was written based on conversations Seligson had with seven people born between 1978 and 1988 which are known as Gen Y or millennials (Seligson 9). This book was written to show that 20-somethings go through the same things that previous generations went through and that the prejudice some older people have towards 20-somethings can be resolve.

As I was going through middle school, I met a lot of new friends and started caring a little more about what others thought of me and girls. I had a lot of crushes back in my day but I never really had any girlfriends other than the occasional one that lasted a couple days. I also wanted to work really hard at basketball so I could get up on the A1 team to play with my friends and impress a couple people. I definitely put in a lot of hours in the gym to get better, and by 8th grade, I made the A1 team.

Growing up as an only child, you learn lessons about life earlier than most kids. I learn that you have done everything yourself. There is no one else to blame when there is trouble. I moved seven times, meaning I have lived in seven different houses or places. With moving that many times I learned to not get attached to people or places. For school, I ended up moving to four different school districts. Two of the school districts being private and the other two public schools. My experiences from both types of schools gave me an insight to how people do things in life. Therefore, I got the chance at a young age to meet at various people that live in our country. I'm first generation born and raised in the United States. Both my parents went to college in the

Growing up I had two influential individuals impact my life both positively and negatively, which would be my parents. It is to them, which I credit my accomplishments both inside and outside of school. Considering my parents are immigrants, they never got the education they desired; instead, they arrived to the United States with no English background. After all, most immigrants such as my parents vanished their country to build a life in America in order to supply their kids the advantage to obtain a higher education.

The transition to adulthood always seemed to be some momentous or celebratory event; something which everyone should be able to look forward to. While that's what is brought to mind when the transition is brought up, that isn't always the reality. I became an adult more than ever as a 15-year-old in the second semester of my freshman year.

Late adulthood should be a time in a person's life where they feel fulfilled. They can look back on their memories and be happy with the way they have lived their life. Now, too many elderly people are not satisfied and look at this stage as depressing. Most fear death of either a loved one or for themselves. This topic is interesting to me because elderly people should make the best of their last stage of life. This topic discusses about getting older, the life changes that they go through physically, emotionally, and mentally. We should know more about it so that we can help our family and friends get through one of the best, yet toughest part of our mortal life.

For this paper, I had the privilege of interviewing one of my friend’s grandmother. Her name is Jamie Hansen and she is a healthy and active 68-year-old grandmother. In the beginning of the phone call, I asked some basic background knowledge questions such as how many grandkids she has and if she was a widower or not. I found out that she and her husband are happily married and that she has six grandchildren. As I got to know her more I started asking questions that pertained to the interview aspect of social theories. I figured out that Mrs. Hansen’s responses led to an application of the continuity and socioemotional selective theories.

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

Middle adulthood is a complex time period that requires a multidimensional outlook to understand all of the processes and changes that are taking place. The many changes during middle adulthood include physical, cognitive and social differences. Many of these changes create significant stress and it is important to understand ways of coping with the anxiety. Many of these coping mechanisms include mindfulness and cultivating a sense of self-efficacy and mastery (pg. 482). There are many changes during middle adulthood that may require stress management techniques and interventions.

"Middle age is when your classmates are so old and wrinkled and bald, they don’t recognize you". -Bennett Cerf     

Currently, I have several supports that are helping me transition to adulthood. These supports come from Saint Ambrose, my friends, and family. Personally, most of these support systems have had a positive impact on my development; however, other’s support systems may not have had a positive impact on their development.

Adolescence is the transitional period in a persons life time that links childhood and adulthood. The factors that influence development during adolescence include genetic/biological and environmental/social. There are many developmental issues that take place during the transition from an adolescent to a young adult. The issues of emerging adulthood(18-25) are characterized by new experiences, experimentation, exploration as well as new developmental tasks.

     During this closing period in the life span of human beings, people tend to “move away” from previous more desirable periods often known as “usefulness”.