PSY 203

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PSY 203

• Chapter 14
• Emotional and Social Development in Early
  Adulthood

2
Levinsons Seasons of Life

• Dreams
• Men tend to focus on career.
• Women tend to have split focus with marriage and
  career.
• Age 30 transition
• Reevaluate life structure
• Settling down for men continued instability for
  women

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Intimacy vs. Isolation (Erikson)
4
Falling in Love

• Mate selection
• Proximity
• Similarity
• Matching hypothesis
• Physical attraction

5
Love Relationships

• Passionate love
• Companionate love

6
Marriage

• 90 of Americans marry
• Average age for marriage 25 27
• Marital roles
• Traditional
• Egalitarian
• Marital satisfaction

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Adult Lifestyles

• Parenthood 70 of couples
• Childlessness 30 of couples
• Single adults in early 30s 30 of males 20
  of females
• Never-married single parents 10 of kids live
  in this situation
• Gay lesbian parents most kids are
  heterosexual
• Cohabitation 50 of couples begin commitment
  this way
• Divorce ½ of U.S. marriages, most within 7
  years

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Establishing a Career

• Job changes
• Dual-earner couples