Young Adulthood

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What is adulthood and when does it start?

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Researchers and writers now argue that 18-25 represent early adulthood
Apter (2001) uses the term “thresh holder” for young adults who are no longer adolescents but are not yet launched into independence.
Other authors consider early adulthood to be the decade between ages 20-30.
It is a time when most of us finish school, find a career we enjoy, and create a family of our own.

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Health: Nutrition, and Exercise

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For health benefits, physical activity should be moderate or vigorous and add up to at least 30 minutes a day

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Moderate physical activities include:

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Walking briskly (about 3 ½ miles per hour), Hiking, Gardening/yard work, Dancing, Golf (walking and carrying clubs), Bicycling (less than 10 miles per hour), Weight training (general light workout)

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Vigorous physical activities include:

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Running/jogging (5 miles per hour), Bicycling (more than 10 miles per hour), Swimming (freestyle laps), Aerobics, Walking very fast (4 ½ miles per hour), Heavy yard work, such as chopping wood, Weight lifting (vigorous effort), Basketball (competitive)

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The USDA Dietary Guidelines (mypyramid.gov) describe a healthy diet as one that:

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Emphasizes fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and fat-free or low-fat milk and milk products
Includes lean meats, poultry, fish, beans, eggs, and nuts
Is low in saturated fats, trans fats, cholesterol, salt (sodium), and added sugar

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How does intelligence change across the adult lifespan?

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Some aspects of intelligence decline with age, but generally not until late in life
Some aspects of intelligence are maintained or increase with age
Individuals can stave off the effects of intellectual aging through activity and good health

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There are multiple ways that intelligence can be expressed:

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Creativity, practicality, emotions, etc.

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Fluid Intelligence

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refers to the ability to be a flexible, adaptive thinker allowing you to make inferences and understand the relationships between concepts

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Crystallized Intelligence

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knowledge acquired through life experiences, education, and socialization in a particular culture

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Expertise

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development of advanced skills and knowledge in a particularly well-practiced activity, requiring intense practice and immune to aging effects.

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Creativity

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mental process involving the generation of new ideas or concepts, or new associations between existing ideas or concepts

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Wisdom

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expert knowledge system applied to issues of life that permits exceptional insight, judgment and advice involving conduct and meaning of life. There is no relationship between wisdom and age

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According to Erik Erikson's eight stages of development

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this is a time of intimacy vs. isolation

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Young adulthood: 18 to 35
Ego Development Outcome: Intimacy and Solidarity vs. Isolation
Basic Strengths: Affiliation and Love

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Young adult seeks one or more companions and love.
Finds mutually satisfying relationships, primarily through marriage and friends
Begins to start a family (today start families in late thirties)
If negotiating this stage is successful, we can experience intimacy on a deep level.
If not successful, isolation and distance from others may occur
If unable to create satisfying relationships, our world can begin to shrink as, in defense, we can feel superior to others
Our significant relationships are with marital partners and friends

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Theorist, Ellen Berscheid

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described four different kinds of adult love: Altruism, friendship, romantic love, affectionate love

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Altruism

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love in the family setting

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Friendship

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love which has the qualities of enjoyment, attachment, and devotion

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Romantic Love

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defined in layman's terms as "falling in love"

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Affectionate Love

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includes companionship and loyalty

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Theorist, Robert Sternberg

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advanced the Triangular Theory of Love from this theoretical approach
Love is comprised in 3 main entities: Passion, intimacy, and commitment

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Passion

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physical and sexual attraction toward another person

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Intimacy

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emotional warmth and closeness

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Commitment

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Intent to build a long term relationship, and to stay in the relationship even when problems arise

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Sternberg further elaborates on the passion, intimacy and commitment of love by further breaking these love characteristics down further into 7 forms of love

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Liking, infatuation, empty love, romantic love, fatous love, compassionate or affectionate love, consummate love

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Liking

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Intimacy alone, no passion or commitment

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Infatuation

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Passion, but no commitment or intimacy

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Empty Love

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Only commitment, no passion or intimacy

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Romantic Love

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Intimacy and passion, but no commitment

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Fatous Love

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Passion and commitment, but no intimacy

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Companionship and Affectionate Love

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Intimacy and commitment, but no passion

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Consummate Love

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Fullest type of love, commitment, passion, and intimacy are all present

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Adults may have a drinking problem if they regularly:

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1. Drink to calm their nerves or reduce depression 2. Lose interest in food 3. Consume their drinks at a fast rate 4. Try to hide their drinking habits 5. Drink alone 6. Hurt someone or themselves while under the influence 7. Got drunk 3 or 4 times in the past year 8. Need more alcohol to get "high" 9. Feel irritable when they aren't drinking 10. If they experience medical, social, or financial problems that were caused by drinking

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Drugs of Abuse

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Acid/LSD, Alcohol, club drugs, cocaine, ecstasy/MDMA, heroin, inhalants, marijuana, methamphetamine, PCP?phencyclidine, prescription, medications, smoking/nicotine, steroids (anabolic)

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Divergences in physical and mental aging in adulthood

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Choices we make throughout adulthood affect the rate at which we “age”
Try adjusting lifestyle habits and choices to see what impact this has on your functional vs. chronological age and on life expectancy