Adulthood

One of the biggest challenges that students might face during the transition to adulthood is the constant change in their social and family environment. As Jillian mentions in the video, after she moved to Chico State the communication with her parents was not the same. Every time she went back to visit her parents during breaks, the communication was not the same. She did not feel comfortable to tell her parents how she felt in Chico. As a result, she lived an unhappy year in Chico. She also…

Growing up is one of the uttermost challenging stepping stones in any teenager’s life. To grow up, or to become more towards adulthood; to be compelled to become mentally and physically mature. In the book “ The Catcher in the Rye” Holden goes through various developments of growing up. Being the uttermost important theme of the book would be growing into the best person you can be. For example, Holden Caulfield grows in incomparable ways, we discover new effects about him, and how he has…

to adulthood has been alluded to as developing adulthood, which happens from around 18 to 25 years old. Experimentation and investigation portray the developing grown-up. Now in their advancement, numerous people are as yet investigating which profession way they need to take after, what they need their character to be, and which way of life they need to embrace (for instance, single, living together, or wedded). Jeffrey Arnett (2006) presumed that five key elements describe rising adulthood:…

Transition to Adulthood There are many transitions in families and cultures that mark the transition from childhood to adulthood. My first major milestone which represents the transition to adulthood occurs when I obtained my first job and started working. For my family getting a job signifies a transition into adulthood. My father, mother and all of my uncles all starting working when they turned sixteen. When I was almost sixteen, my parents and I decided it would be time for me to look for a…

Freedom of Adulthood Leaving adolescence behind and becoming an adult is difficult and somewhat terrifying, but there is a tremendous amount of things about being an adult that makes growing up amazing. “Be the change that you want to see in the world.” Gandhi. To grow up is to try and better yourself, to change from how you were to how you want to be, so here are some steps on how you can better yourself and gain others trust. Setting your own alarm to wake up on time, your parents will trust…

The transition to adulthood marks a monumental event in everyone’s life. For many, this transition is centered around their preparation for college. This time period is filled with stress, tough decisions, and a sense of finality as one phase of life draws to an end. Adulthood comes, however, when one makes the realization they are ready to face these difficult tasks, which will affect the rest of their lives. This shift can come in very different forms, and may even come in they way least…

biological lay out of their body, they are quite similar as Hyde (2005) analysed 46 meta-analyses and found that “men and women were alike in terms of personality, cognitive ability and leadership.” Furthermore, she discovered that from childhood to adulthood males and females were more alike than different resulting to a “gender similarities hypothesis”. Browne (1998) also suggested that people who are exposed to gender stereotypes from early childhood could grow up thinking these are true…

Emerging adulthood is a time in life known for that in-between feeling, finding your identity, focusing on yourself, uncertainty and possibilities. In emerging adulthood, you have relationships with all kinds of people. Arnett had a theory about emerging adulthood that distinguishes the development of young people from ages eighteen to twenty-five. That theory was that in this period of their life evolving into adulthood included “feeling in-between (emerging adults do not see themselves as…

1. Chapter 14 “Late Adulthood: Body and Mind,” explains the physical and intellectual attributes of late adulthood. There are losses and gains that we gain at this stages, whether it be physical abilities such as deafness, blindness, or heart diseases, or intellectual abilities such as cognitive decline and loss of memory. Along with losses, there are, of course, gains and benefits in late adulthood, majority of gains being intellectual and mental, such as thinking and attitude (Berger, 503). In…

taking this course and studying human development, it has given me great insight into my personal development and growth from the prenatal period through early adulthood. When writing this essay, I chose to include the theories I found most applicable and accurate in regards to my experiences as I developed from the prenatal period to early adulthood. Starting with the prenatal period in the first trimester of pregnancy as I went from zygote to embryo to fetus, I developed rapidly and rapidly…