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Slower than in past to reach milestones of adulthood
Prolonged identity development
Less available for low SES |
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| Athletic skills peak between ___ and ___ |
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| The Immune System in Early Adulthood Declines after age ___ |
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| Leading causes of Death in Early Adulthood. US vs Canada |
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| Uninentional injury vs. Cancer |
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| Heredity, Environmental pressures |
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| Enveironmental pressures of obeseity (5) |
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| Cheap fat and sugar, supersize portions, busylives (snacks/take out) Lack of exercise |
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| Cansequences of Overweight (3) |
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| Health problems, Social discrimination, Mistreatment |
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| Diet and excercise, eating records, social support, problem-solving skills, extended intervention |
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| Excercise: At least ___ minutes moderate ___ or more times a week |
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| Benefits of Excercise (5) |
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| Reduces fat- builds muscle, boosts immune system, cardiovascular benefits, mental health benefits, longer life |
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| Substance use in early adulthood: peaks from __-__ years, then declines |
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| Up to __% of ages 21-25 are substance abusers |
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| Cigarette smoking: Americans vs Canadians |
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| Cigarette Smoking: Education, gender |
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| Less with higher education, but many college students smoke. More women smoke |
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| Alcohol Abuse in Early Adulthood: men vs women |
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| Heterosexual sexual activity in Early Adulthood:__% have intercourse by age 22 |
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| Sex frequency: only __ twice a week or more. More often in 20s, declines with age |
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| Lifetime number of partners ____ for men and women |
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| Homosezuality and bisexuality in early adulthood: men vs. women |
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| 2.8% of men, 1.4% of women. |
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| An estimated __% of same-sex couples do not report |
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| Factors related to sexual coericion; Perpetrator characteristics (5) |
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| Believe traditional gender roles, approve violence against women, perceive behavior inaccurately, history of own abuse-promiscuity, alcohol abuse |
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| Factors related to sexual coercion: Cultural forces (3) |
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Men taugh dominance, competition, aggression
Acceptance of violence
Aggressive pornography |
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| PMS: Physical and psychological symptoms can occure __-__ days before period |
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| only __-__% have severe PMS symptoms |
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| Stress: causes or worsened by (2) |
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| Low SES, challenges of early adulthood |
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| Fostering a healthy adult life (7) |
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| Healthy eating, maintain reasonable weight, keep fit, control alcohol, no smoking, responsible sex, manage stress |
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| Theories of changes in Thinking in early adulthood: piaget vs perry vs labouvie-vief |
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| postformal thought vs epistemic cognition vs pragmatic thought, cognitive-affective complexity |
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| Development of epistemic cognition (3) |
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| Dualistic thinking, relativistic thinking, commitment within relativistic thinking |
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| Expertise and creativity: expertise |
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| aquisition of extensive knowledge in a field - takes many years, affects information processing |
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| Expertise and creativity: creativity (3) |
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| Problem finding, 10-year rule, ceativity usually rises in early adulthood |
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| Relativistic thinking, increased self-understanding |
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| Relativistic thinking, increased self-understanding |
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| Periods of vocational development (3) |
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| Fantasy period, tentative period, realistic period |
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| Periods of vocational development: Realistic period |
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| Exploration, crystallization |
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| Factors influencing vocational choice (5) |
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| Personality, family influences, teachers, gender sterotypes, access to vocational information |
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| Personality types and vocational choice (6) |
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| Investigative, social, realistic, artistic, conventional, enterprising |
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