Emerging adulthood is theorized to be a distinct period of development that is found in societies that allow young people an extended opportunity to explore their roles in life. One of the good thing about emerging adulthood is that it is usually thought of as a time of peak physical health and performance as individuals and are usually less susceptible to disease and the second one is that their sensory sharpness, reaction time, and cardiovascular fitness also peaks in the early 20s. The bad part of emerging adulthood they are more likely to contract sexually transmitted infections, as well as to adopt unhealthy behavioral patterns and lifestyle choices. By the age of 30s everything slowly declines, the changes of aging in the cardiovascular,
In the stories "Barn Burning" and "Greasy Lake" by William Faulkner and Tom Boyle, their protagonists slowly transition from childhood into adulthood. Their character's development is portrayed through long periods of near stagnancy, peaking in a sudden moment of enlightenment or epiphany. Both Faulkner's and Boyle's characters have prospered into an adult. Throughout the stories there is evidence that shows how the protagonists arrived at adulthood. Adulthood could have many different meanings.
“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.
There are many potential benefits and pitfalls of these social and biological changes that are occurring in the second decade of the twenty-first century. Many examples come from the essays, “The Limits of Friendship”, “What Is It about 20-Somethings?”, and “Attention Deficit: The Brain Syndrome of Our Era.” All three authors describe these social and biological changes in different ways. In some ways, Restak, Henig, and Konnikova have similarities in their essays. Richard Restak examines the way the human brain responds to modern technology, claiming that “[t]his technologically driven change in the brain is the biggest modification in the last 200,000 years (when the brain volume of Homo sapiens reached the modern level)” (373).
Emerging adulthood, means becoming an adult, and not a teen where as young adult development their identity in a social group measuring similar similarities and difference in other characterized. Yet, emerging adulthood is exploring social identity and find mean in differ activities, however, they also focus on work and love, and they find groups as well as friendship where they can belong. Therefore, when a person is self-supporting can mean they 're an adult or approach a career and get married and start a family and this could vary from person to person as well as culture to culture and their responsibilities.
A physical development in middle adulthood is about all situations of the gradual changes under way in early adulthood. Hair grays and thins, new lines appear on the face, less youthful body shape is evident, these are same changes in the middle adulthood but how past the time our body and physical changes. The vision, hearing, skin and muscle, fat makeup make a change each one has different changes in each person, but no all persons has the same change or in the same age everybody has different reactions. The middle adulthood is a difficult situation for some people because last physical the most important things in their life, the vision can lost for the work, diseases. The haring also can be a changes can lost all the hearing or just partial,
With the undeniable truth, everyone must age and grow older. Although this is a natural process of life, not everyone is accepting of this. At this age, being an older adult you face difficulties such as aging, sexuality, relationship dynamics and having to face reality that you are not in your prime as you once were. Heart attacks, strokes, and other ailments are examples of this. However, just as there younger counterparts they still able to do somethings they were able to do in their earlier stages.
The process of aging in not an unfamiliar topic to society and is an inevitable phase of life. Since 2011, the number of older individuals are increasing annually particularly those from the baby boomer generation. The life expectancy has been increasing with people living longer thanks to modern medicine. These occurrences are proof that civilization is growing exponentially, however the process of aging also means that the older individuals are facing dilemmas such as decreased physical functions, financial instability from retirement, and abuse. Even older adults who are independent may face some limitations.
Midlife is a reality that touches us all. The transition from young adult into the midlife years can take place as a smooth physical and psychological adjustment or it can dawn on us in a whirl of emotional chaos. The term transition refers to “the process of changing from one state or stage to another” (Oxford English Dictionary). It implies movement and openness to change.
This resulted that emerging adult may not be as healthy as it was perceived (Fatusi & Hindin, 2010). With that, researchers had also found that majority of the bad health habits, such as inactivity, obesity and poor diet, which started in adolescence stage increased as the young people progress to emerging adult. Therefore, this highlights the importance of having a regular exercise which not only improves physical health but mental as well such as improvement in self-concept, reduction in anxiety and depression (Santrock, 2013). Cognitive development in emerging adult is relatively similar to adolescent’s though Piaget did affirm that emerging adult’s thinking are more quantitatively advanced as they carry a greater wealth of knowledge and especially so for a specific area (Santrock, 2013).
Two Aging Concepts The picture of aging today is very different that contradicts the persistent negative and stereotyped notions of later life. Emerging in contemporary society is the reality that one's later years may be a time of enhanced well-being with numerous opportunities for continued growth and development, as opposed to a period of life marked by crisis, suffering, and decline. Just as the myth connecting physical disease with old age is being debunked, so is the notion that connects old age with senility and other "age specific" psychological and personality problems. Older people are exploring creative and therapeutic opportunities that place a real value on their life experiences and are defining new and more satisfying social
BLOG ASSIGNMENT – 14102015-02 Title: How To Cope During Your Kids Transition To Adulthood Description: Parents should understand that it is normal to go through a different emotional period when their kid appears to lack a clear plan during the transition to adults. Keywords: Parents, kids, guilt, adulthood, parenting mistakes, children, youngsters, kids world fun Text: It is a difficult phase for parents when children move into adulthood.
When I first began high school, I went through a difficult couple of years, which not only challenged me but also marked my process of transitioning from childhood to adulthood. My first two years in high school I dealt with immediate death within the family, self-identity issues, and other personal issues in which I did not begin to fully deal with until the latter half of my sophomore year. My freshman year was difficult for me because I had to adjust myself to new surroundings and people whom I had no relationships with. Though this was not difficult for me to overcome, I still struggled with my self-identity in which I would not come to terms with and be open about until the prior year. No person should have to face death early on in his or her life, but unfortunately I had to in my first year of high school.
One can perceive the significance of physical decline and illness in adulthood is high due to the realisation of mortality in this latter stage of life. Physical changes ranging from menopause to dementia have serious psychosocial implications relating to relationships and self-esteem. Conclusion In summary, adulthood cannot be categorized as balanced and free of changes as it is comprised
Late Adulthood is the stage of the human life cycle where an individual nears the end of their life. The life expectancy in the United States has slowly increased over the years therefore allowed many to further analyze the physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development during late adulthood. The stage of late adulthood has been emphasized by ageism and the stereotypical "old" person but, will be further educated by the normative development of the life cycle of late adulthood. For the “old” experience dramatic changes in their development as they face loss, death, and illness.
Ageing is multidimensional change involving the physical, social as well as psychological aspects for an individual. Old age is generally an irreversible process, chronological, and a universal phenomenon and a challenge to everyone, who reaches it irrespective of sex, economic background, social background, race, ethnicity, profession, occupation, religion, skill or learning. Age can be also described as a progressive decline of the physical and mental function resulting in a simultaneous decline in both the capacity of body to maintain physiological balance as well as adaptability of the individuals to various stresses there by consequently increasing the chances of illness and mortality ( Marpady &et al, 2012) Neetu (2013) put aging by citing Becker (1959) as a complex process which includes anatomical, physiological, psychological and even social and economic changes. Randhawa (1987) stated aging by citing Becker (1959) in that ageing consists of two simultaneous components anabolic building up and catabolic breaking down. In the middle years there is an essential balance between expansion and decay, while growth predominates in youth; degenerative changes which start occurring very clearly in life pre-dominate in the late life span.