Biological Aspects Of Early Adulthood

Social norms influence the behavior of individuals in many ways throughout human growth and development period (Coley, Lombardi, Lynch, Mahalik & Sins, 2013). In the transitions life course, each stage of transition has its challenges. However, some staged may be diffused into others due to deterred development as a result of fixation hence being termed as off- time. A healthy growth and development according to societal standards are perceived as on time. Early adulthood is the transitional life stage just after adolescent and the before the middle adulthood. Some normative factors such as gender, race, social class and ethnicity among others influence early adulthood transition stage; hence, it could be possible that some people get into …show more content…
Some of the factors to from a biological perspective of early adulthood include life span, human development, and aging and life cycle (Hutchison, 2001). Lifespan is the entire period the individual lives from birth to death and it can be shortened by the negative consequences of early of-timed adulthood such as increased stress and other antisocial behavior like abusing the drug. Another biological aspect of early adulthood analysis is the aging and human development. While lifespan looks at all the occurrences between the times of a person’s birth to death, the concept of complex processes constitutes human development and aging. Development may, however, mean growth both physically and cognitively. In the development process, the person goes through transition stages such as infantry, child, adolescent, and adulthood. These life stages constitute life cycle, which should be proportionate to physical growth and …show more content…
Cognitive development, which is the intellectual development and growth, occurs more during the adolescent stage but not fully to be able to enable a person to handle complex mind boggling adult challenges of parenthood. The most challenging task for young adults is that they may not be ready to accept and or seek advice to help them tackle some of the more complex matters they face because they too feel they have become better thinkers just like any other adult. It is also at this stage where many young people realize they can discover their talents and make significant breakthroughs such as being music stars or footballers. This kind of cognitive growth and development may lead to some of the young adults’ engagement into negative diversionary behavior like robbery to get to greatness
Psychological or Emotional Issues Related to Early Adulthood Life-Course