Human Growth and Development
Lecture 14 - Physical & Cognitive: Early Adulthood
3/23/06
- Transition from Adolescence
- When do you become an adult?
- Transition from high school to college
- More of a social/psychological change than physical
- Physical Development
- Peak & decline of physical condition
- Eating & Weight
- basal metabolism rate - "idle speed"
- obesity
- Substance abuse - smoking
- Helping to quit - some combination of the following:
- "Cold turkey" - some can
- withdrawal symptoms
- Lifestyle
- Which ones are easy to change?
- Which ones are hard?
- ??
- Sexual Orientation
- Conceptions of orientation
- exclusive categories
- Kinsey dimension
- Two orthogonal dimensions
- Cognitive Development
- Piaget:
- More recently:
- Work Achievement Styles
- Direct Style - own efforts
- Intrinsic
- Competitive
- Power
- Instrumental Style - use qualities/ characteristics of self and others
- Relational Style - through others’ accomplishments
- Collaborative
- Contributory
- Vicarious
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Last updated: 3/22/06