EA Characteristics
This developmental phase typically occurs between the ages of 18 and 25.
What is Emerging Adulthood?
Physical performance measures like grip strength, cardiac output, and reaction time all peak during this age range.
What are the 20s (or early adulthood)?
Parent-child relationships often improve when emerging adults do this
What is leaving home?
This characteristic of emerging adulthood is evident in frequent moves, job changes, and relationship shifts.
What is instability
Rates of substance use and this type of infection are higher in emerging adulthood than in any other life stage due to risky behaviors.
What are sexually transmitted infections (STIs)?
Many contemporary students attend college primarily to improve their financial future and attain this, which often leads to better health and a longer life
What is tertiary education (or higher education)?
This personal characteristic, which generally improves as people pass through the awkward changes of puberty, is often positively affected during emerging adulthood.
What is self-esteem/body image?
This part of the brain, responsible for planning and decision-making, continues to mature until the mid-20s.
What is the prefrontal cortex (or frontal lobe)?
In emerging adulthood, the divorce rate is generally lower for couples who have done this before marrying.
What is Cohabitating?
Jeffrey Arnett, the psychologist who coined the term "emerging adulthood," identified this as a key feature, describing a time of trying out different possibilities in love and work.
What is Identity Exploration?
The most likely cause of death for individuals in the 20 to 34 age range is this, often associated with risky behaviors like automobile accidents.
What are accidents/unintentional injuries?
According to Erik Erikson, the central psychological crisis of early adulthood is focused on this, typically after one has formed a stable identity.
What is intimacy versus isolation?
The feeling of being neither a full adolescent nor a full adult is referred to as "feeling in-between" or this.
What is a feeling of being in-between adolescence and adulthood?
What is a common and unhealthy habit that can develop during emerging adulthood, leading to a decline in overall health?
What is less Exercise?
This new proposed stage of cognitive development, which follows Piaget's formal operations, involves more complex thinking and considering both present and future consequences.
What is postformal thought?