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Identity exploration (love/work)
Instability (residential, love, work, education)
Self focused
Feeling in between
Age of possibilities, opportunity to transform their lives |
Key features of emerging adulthood (5) |
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19-26 (before 30) |
What age range does physical performance peak? |
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Obesity |
29.5% overweight, 31.5 obese. Risks of hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, mental health problems. Most effective programs for weight loss include exersize. Diet + exercise. |
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Aerobic exercise |
Sustained exercise that stimulate heart activity (Jogging, swimming, cycling) |
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Binge drinking |
Describes people who had 5 or more drinks in a row.
Extreme versions are 10 in a row. |
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Substance abuse |
By mid 20s, many have reduced usage of alcohol and drugs. |
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Sexually transmitted infections (STI) |
Diseases contracted primarily through sex |
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Gonarreah |
"Drip" or "clap".
Spread by contact.
Discharge from penis or vagina, painful urination.
Bacterial |
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Syphilis |
Bacterial.
Characterized by a sore where bacteria entered the body. External genitals, vagina or anus.
Later, skin rash breaks out on palms of hands and bottom of feet.
If untreated can lead to paralysis/death |
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Chlamydia |
Bacterial Spreads and infects genital organs of both sexes. Females may become infertile. Recommended that young females have annual screening for this |
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Genital herpes |
Caused by family of viruses with different strains. Eruptions of sores and blisters. No known cure. Antiviral medications can shorten outbreaks |
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Aids |
Caused by HIV virus that destroys bodies immune system.
Semen and blood main vehicles of transmission.
Symptoms include fevers, night sweats, chronic fatigue, swollen lymph nodes No cure. Treatments have slowed progression. |
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Genital warts |
Viral. Does not always produce symptoms.
Appears usually as a hard painless lump in the vaginal area or around the anus.
Very contagious.
High risk types can cause cervical cancer and other genital cancers. May recur despite treatment. |
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Herpes |
What are condoms not effective against? |
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Postformal thought |
Thinking that is reflective, relativistic and contextual; provisional; realistic; and influenced by emotions.
Begin to cross out their idealized plans to make decisions that are realistic. No black/white reasoning. Cant only use intuition or reason, have to use both.
Neopiaget researchers refinement of formal operational thought. An extension |
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Creativity |
Unique way to look at something. Being innovative. Looking at 1 problem, come up with multiple solutions and choosing whats the best choice.
Most creative contributions generated in 30s.
Personality traits linked to creativity.
Decline must take into consideration the field of creativity involved.
Ex. Philosophy + history older adults show as much creativity as they did when young.
Lyric poetry, abstract math, theoretical physics peak in 20s 30s |
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Flow |
Heightened state of pleasure experienced when engaged in mental + physical challenges that absorb us. |
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Emerging adulthood |
The transition from adolescence to adulthood (18-25) Involved experimentation and exploration. |
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Career mystique |
Idealized concept that if you work hard enough for a long time during adulthood, itll make a path to happiness, status and security.
This idea hasnt been a reality to many individuals, such as ethnic minorities, women and poorly educated adults.
Also increasingly mythical to middle class people after outsourcing if jobs and layoffs led to reduced job security for americans. |
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Path to purpose |
Missing ingredient in many adolescent lives is purpose.
Too many teens go through school without a clear vision of where they want to go in life, what they wanna achieve and why.
Teachers + parents talk about importance of good grades, but rarely discuss the importance of the goals and where they may lead young adults. |
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Reflective thinking |
If you say something, and that causes the person to be upset, you think back to what it is you said and figure out why it caused that reaction |
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Contextual thinking |
Changing your actions, way of speaking ect depending on the context, group of people, environment. |
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Provisional thinking |
More skeptical of the "truth" and search for truth as ongoing, neverending process |
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Reflective, relativistic, contextual |
Solutions that are helpful in one place might not be helpful in another |
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Recognized as being influenced by emotion |
Understand that thinking is often influenced by emotions. Negative emotions can still distort period during this time period |
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How to achieve flow |
Try to be surprised by something everyday Try to surprise at least 1 person everyday Keep records of what surprised you When something sparks yout interest, Do it!! Wake up in the morning with a goal to look forward to. Spend time in settings that stimulate your creativity |
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50-54% people describe being stressed at work |
% people describe being stressed at work |
