Developmental Theories
Genital Stage
Freud's Theory of Psychosexual Development
Moving on from transient jobs
What is Career?
A lot is changing at the same time
Instability
Exploration of Identity
Arnett's Emerging Adulthood
Focus on deeper intimacy and future
What is Love?
I’m not a teenager anymore, but I don’t completely feel like an adult either
Feeling In-Between
Intimacy vs. Isolation
Erik Erikson's Psychosocial Development
Emerging adults are capable of understanding their parents' point of view
What is New Relationship with Parents?
For perhaps the first time, I get to make many decisions for myself
Self Focus
Formal Operational Thought
Piaget Stages of Development
College is referred to as the emerging adult laboratory
What is Education?
Who am I, and what do I want from life?
Identity Exploration
Post-Conventional Morality
Kohlberg Stages of Moral Development
Emerging adult moves to college, leaving parents to pay entire portion of rent
What is Living Arrangement?
My life could still go in many different directions
Possibilities