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Human Development: Updated, 7/e

James Vander Zanden, Ohio State University
Thomas Crandell, Broome Community College
Corinne Crandell, Broome Community College

Early Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Learning Objectives

After completing Chapter 13, you should be able to:

1

State the contemporary view of researchers investigating the stage of adulthood, especially with regard to a multicultural perspective.

2

List the contemporary demographic features of early adulthood.

baby-boom generation:

effect on popular culture:

labor force:

effect on baby-busters, generation X, twentysomethings:

3

Explain what is meant by the "double standard of aging."

4

Define the following and identify the relationships among each.

aging:

biological aging:

social aging:

social norms:

age norms:

social clock:

5

Discuss Bernice Neugarten's concept of the "young-old" category and the "blurring" of the distinction between middle age and old age.

6

Describe the functions that age-grade systems provide for adults across different cultures.

7

Discuss the role that life events play in helping people locate themselves across the life span, and list some examples of life events.

8

Explain what is known about rape as a stressful life event.

prevalence:

resulting health problems:

date rape:

marital rape:

myths and misperceptions:

9

Summarize the effects of age on:

diet:

obesity:

crosscultural statistics on physical performance and health:

10

Explain how socioeconomic status, ethnicity and gender affect the transition to adulthood

11

Discuss briefly how different strategies are used to deal with mental health problems.

12

List the changes that occur in each of the following areas of adulthood.

physical performance:

physical health:

mental health:

13

Define stress and briefly explain current demographics, its physiology, and hardiness.

survey results:

younger adults vs. older adults:

women vs. men:

Rumination theory:
gender role perspective:

traditional and non-traditional student:

Stages of stress
alarm reaction:

resistance:

exhaustion:

healthy stress:

"hardiness" and attitude:

control:

social support:

14

Define post-formal mental operations, and give some examples.

15

Explain Sternberg's adult information processing model.

16

Compare Kohlberg's cognitive-developmental theory with Gilligan's adult moral reasoning.

17

Discuss sexuality and identity in young adulthood.

heterosexuals:

lesbian, gay, and bisexual:

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