Thursday, January 7, 2010

Chapter 10: Constructing an Adult Life

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  1. Janet BelskyMarch 8, 2012 at 12:36 PM

    4 new tables!
    1) "A 20-something Body at It's Physical Peak and Snapshots of How a Few Capacities Change over Time" summarizes age changes in height, the muscles, the heart (eg cardiac output) and lungs (eg vital capacity) with age

    2) "Tips for Getting Along as Coresiding Adults" offers suggestions for emerging adults and their parents who find themselves in this increasingly normative situation discussed in the text (see below)

    3) "Succeeding in College/Finding a Career Identity, Tips for Young People and Society--showcases the main points of this rewritten discussion (also described below)

    3)"Fun Research Findings Relating to Love and Sex"--provides scientific data relating to those burning questions " Who says, I love you first, women or men?; "How does a high ratio of males to females affect women undergraduates' sexual behavior and dating attitudes?"; and "Who makes more promises to a romantic partner and who is most apt to keep those vows?"

    New two part figure: "Shapshots of Economic Inequality with Regard to Higher Education and Earnings and Getting a College Education." A.Documents the widening earnings gap between high school grads and college grads over the past 35 years and B. Documents the reality that high ability low SES students are FAR, FAR less likely to attend and finish college than their affluent counterparts. ( As you can see below I also hit hard on these points in the text)
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    Emerging into adulthood:

    * Totally rewritten section entitled Nest Leaving Changes" firmly anchors nest leaving in its historical and cultural context...In other words, in our economy, that traditional late 20th century U.S. marker, "You leave home after high school to be independent" no longer applies to many young people
    and explores research relating to standard stereotypes such as "Does nest leaving produce better parent child relationshops?" and "Does nest leaving make people more adult?

    Identity

    * Discusses the fact that experts now suggest that Marcia's status model (and Erikson's ideas) are not quite accurate: Young people don't need to conduct a wide moratorium search to reach a healthy career identity. The main thing is to feel comfortable about ones career choice.

    Finding a career

    * totally rewritten section discusses the hurdles facing young people who enter the workforce without a college degree, and focuses on the immense hurdles to finishing college if you don't have much money.
    I accompany this discussion by suggestions for 1)college freshman who need to work plus pay for school and 2) society at large (both employers and college administrators)

    At the end of this discussion I also offer suggestions for improving our dismal U.S. school to work transition.

    Being in College
    *Explores William Perry's classic studies charting phases of emotional growth during college
    * In the interventions section talks in more depth about the importance of connecting with one's teachers in promoting colleg happiness and success (Here I also add quotes from community college students).

    Finding Love

    * showcases a study exploring how ethnic identity changes when a young person gets seriously involved with someone of a different ethnic group.

    * summarizes a large scale longitudinal study suggesting that the best predictors of whether a dating relationship survives are first and foremost being committed to ones partner and also idealizing that person and having the support of family and friends.

    * Attachment styles section critiques the assumption that a secure working model of attachment CAUSES relationship success, by teaching students--again-- that that there could be multiple reasons for these self report correlations.

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