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Human Development Across the Lifespan Cover Image
Human Development Across the Lifespan, 5/e
John S. Dacey, Boston College
John F. Travers, Boston College
Early Adulthood
Psychosocial Development in Early Adulthood

Outline

  1. Marriage and the family
    1. Changing American marriages and families
      1. Trends in marriage and family relations
      2. Cohabitation
      3. Interracial marriages
      4. Factors that affect divorce rates
    2. Types of marriage
      1. Monogamy
      2. Polygamy
      3. Polyandry
      4. Group marriage
      5. Homosexual marriages
  2. Personal development
    1. The adult life cycle: Levinson
      1. Life course
      2. Life cycle
      3. Biopsychosocial in nature
      4. Adult life structure
        1. Structure-building period
        2. Structure-changing period
        3. Transitions
    2. Seasons of a man's life: Levinson
      1. Individuation
      2. The novice phase
        1. The dream
        2. Mentor relationships
        3. An occupational decision
        4. Love relationships
      3. The mentor
        1. The proliferation of single-parent families headed mostly by women
        2. Necessary for attaining a mature personality
    3. Intimacy versus isolation: Erikson
      1. Definition of intimacy
      2. Solidarity
      3. Distantiation
  3. Sexual identity and gender roles
    1. Aspects of gender roles
      1. Gender-role orientation
      2. Gender-role preference
      3. Gender-role adaptation
    2. Erik Erikson's studies
      1. Belief in biological determinants of male and female gender roles
    3. Evolutionary psychology
      1. Gender-bound behaviors are attributed to genetics
    4. Androgyny
    5. Male versus female identity
      1. The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan fostered a new commitment to women's issues
      2. Tendency of society to "objectify" women
      3. Ability to admit vulnerability
      4. Bend-and-bond response
      5. Increasing evidence for a self-fulfilling prophecy in gender development
  4. Interpersonal relations
    1. Sexuality
      1. Pack dating
      2. Important characteristics of a partner
    2. Marital practices
      1. Living together before marriage
    3. The seven forms of love: Sternberg
      1. Three components
        1. Passion
        2. Intimacy
        3. Commitment
      2. Seven forms of love
        1. Liking
        2. Infatuation
        3. Empty love
        4. Romantic love
        5. Fatuous love
        6. Companionate love
        7. Consummate love
    4. Validation: Fromm








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