Emerging Adults As A Distinctive Stage Of Development Essay

The concept of adulthood represents not only the sum of one's experiences, but also the determination of one's place within society. Adulthood is formed through the experiences of the individual. These experiences catalyze the acceptance of a social role, as opposed to title or paycheck. Finally, the acceptance of an individual's social role initiates a process of social unity. In this way, the sum of a person's experience and the changes that result from said experiences present the evolution of child into adult.

According to Anya Kamenetz in the article “Generation Debt,” young people of today are struggling with high debt due to high educational finances and this is preventing them to move on as responsible adults. College tuitions are too high to pay that young people fall into applying for student loans, and have significant credit card debt with high balances. Most students are using their credit cards to pay for their college expenses and student loans; even their paychecks are being used to pay for college. I agree that many young people held back in becoming a full adult which they are doing everything they can just to continue their education. Even if it means to continue living at home with parents just to make ends meets and not being able to step in the “fully adulthood.” In other words they, are prolonging their adulthood just to be able to go to college and be able to fully

What have I learned about myself as a learner from this chapter? According to the beginning of this chapter, each person who lives long enough will become a part of every age group. Without choice, we must all go through the various stages in life and eventually join the ranks of the aged. Like other cultural groups, we feel, think, perceive, and behave, in part, based on the age group to which we belong. The study of age as a function of culture is important to educators because it helps them understand how the child or adolescent struggles to win peer acceptance and to balance this effort with the need for parental approval.

Adulthood could have many different meanings. Dictionary.com defines Adulthood as a person who has attained the age of maturity as specified by law, however, others may understand adulthood to be when a person has gone through hardships in their life that caused them to grow up fast, resulting

Have times of becoming an adult being delayed? As a child you think that you cannot wait to become an adult and as you start to embark your journey into adulthood you realize what you said was the worst idea. In the slate article the author, Broke Donatone , she thinks us millennials have a hard time growing up due to the crazy amount of stress we add onto ourselves. According to a 2012 study by CASA 44% of college students are depressed and because of that suicide is the leading cause of deaths in college student. I think the authors’ argument is that the new generation has more problems to face than ever causing us not to grow up properly. Our generation faces more problem then any other ones have had to deal with. It’s required to have

The use of this approach also has a great impact in the delivery of the ideas and arguments in the essay. He goes ahead to make statements that prove for a doubt that he believes in the development and the existence of the youth culture in the US. The example on Warren Buffet, Jeane Kirkpatrick, and Sol Linowitz amongst others as the adults left in the American society depicts the author’s thoughts on the ideal adult. Warren Buffet, for example, is 87 years old, and due to his age, he cannot thrive in the youthful culture. The other examples provided comprise of individuals who are above the age of 70, and hence do not have the ability to adopt the youthful lifestyle, even if they

As I emerged myself into this week’s material, my main takeaway is that I do not think about aging. I know most men in my family live to be in their 70s and women into the 70s to 90s, but I do not think about aging from a personal aspect. I am aware that death will eventually come but with my son about to turn two, it is not something I sit and ponder. Not to mention that I will be reaching the 25 year mark next April, which to me is still very young. This made me recall the comments that Dan Buettner made in his TED lecture and how he compared other cultures to the American culture in terms of aging. I think one of the things that concerned me was the increase in isolation it appears that Americans have put themselves in. Buettner explains, “That fifteen years ago the average American had three good friends, and that is now down to one and half” (2009). This leads me to two questions and whether or not the make an impact when it comes to increasing the life spans of Americans. The first deals with friends and whether having them can help to expand one’s life or not? The second deals with

Young adults are still trying to get used to being on their own, and not as reliant on their parents. They don’t know where to start or even how to

The government, the society, and the world has the idea of adulthood all wrong. Adulthood is a concept that never comes to an end, we constantly grow, but there is a time where adulthood begins. It is not when you can vote, smoke, drink, and enter the war. Adulthood begins when you can comprehend the interconnectedness of the universe and a being's place in it. It is the capability to appreciate the difference between rational and emotional, and knowing how to control each. Adulthood is the ability to express love, to receive love, and to love yourself through all the faulty attributes and elements. In the article, “What is the Age of Responsibility?” Written by Alan Greenblatt, it is questioned whether 18 and 21 is the age of adulthood, and the short story, “Catch the Moon” by Judith Ortiz Coffer proves the answer is absolutely not. The

Every individuals even the father of the children have experienced coming of age. They were educated, graduated, employed and living in a life after that. Yuito Nakane’s father Masashi Nakane also have experienced coming of age in his life. Masashi was full Japanese and was strict or cares a lot to small matters. He is talented in both studying and exercising so that he have a chance to skip classes during high school. Because of his personality, he won’t do worthless things. But he will creates interests to many different things and this is the greatest factor that changed his coming of age to difficult experience.

During this stage in life, Erikson describes individuals in the generativity vs. stagnation stage (Capp, 2004). Individuals between the ages 40 to 65 have generally married, have a career and have their own families. Erikson refers to generativity as a concern of the next generation by guiding and establishing them. He also stated that a well-developed man wants to feel needed and the younger generation should acknowledge that need (Capp, 2004). Dunkel and Sefcek (2009) stated that the individual is faced with the challenge of self constructive tasks and to help the next generation, not just their children but other individuals that may need guidance or influence.

“Emerging adulthood” article written by Arnett states that emerging adulthood is a stage that has been introduced for the beginning of the age 18 till 25. This new stage is a bridge that connects the adolescences and adult childhood. Various characteristics have described to define the emerging adulthood. The methods that have used includes the age of change, the age of possibility, the age of feeling in between and age of identity exploration. Emerging adulthood is time has been given to young people where they learn how to become adults. This stage helps them to explore their choices, educations, and careers. Arnett also states that emerging adulthood most likely to seem in the developed countries rather than countries where adulthood is more cultural based. This stage is very

Theories of late adulthood development are quite diverse in later adulthood than at any other age. They include self-theory, identity theory and stratification theory. The self-theory tries to explain the core self and search to maintain one’s integrity and identity. The older adults tend to integrate and incorporate their various experiences with their vision and mission for their respective community (Berger, 2008). Also, the older people tend to feel that their attitude, personalities and beliefs have remained in a stable state over their lives even as they acknowledge that physical changes have taken place in their bodies. Objects, things and even places become precious as a way to hold on to identity that has been there for quite some

As adolescences enter adulthood, they enter a long transitional period, often known as “emerging adult”. This transitional period takes place over a range of 18 to 25 years old (Santrock, 2013). At this stage, emerging adults are still in exploration in the various aspect of life such as the career path they are interested in, defining their identities and a style of living they would want to adopt. Thus, adolescences who are in transition will be caught with many intense changes and will experience major life events that are all of great importance.

Human development changes throughout a lifespan and those changes include, physical, cognitive, social, and emotional changes between birth and adulthood. This paper reflects my own personal changes and focuses specifically on the changes concerning both cognitive development and psychosocial development.