Life-Span Chapter 11 (Emerging Adults) – Flashcards
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The period of life between the ages 18 and 25
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emerging adulthood
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is now widely thought to be a separate stage of development
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emerging adulthood
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What are the three roles of adulthood
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1. Employee 2. Spouse 3. Parent
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Every body system, including digestive, respiratory, circulatory, and sexual-reproductive systems, function optimally at hte beginning of
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emerging adulthood
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What improves during emerging adulthood
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health
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Many childhood illness disappear during this stage
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emerging adulthood
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What age is when the body shape is present for both sexes
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by age 22
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The immune system is strong -sever problems are
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rare
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What is more likely from accidents, suicide, and homicide
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death
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emerging adulthood increase in
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psychological problems
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Sexual-reproductive system is the strongest during
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emerging adulthood
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Three main attitudes about sex
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1.Reproduction 25% 2.Relationship 50% 3.Recreation 25%
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During emerging adulthood, miscarriages are _________ and serious birth defects are _________
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less common, unlikely
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AVERAGE AGE FOR FIRST BIRTH IN US
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25
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Premarital Sex includes
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cost of raising children contraception cohort shift-(living together before marriage, more accepted)
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Most US women under age _____who had babies in 2011 were not married
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30
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80% of emerging adults believe "always wrong"
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extramarital sex
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During emerging adulthood : sexual freedom increases
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increase infection
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50% of new cases worldwide infection are those younger than
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26
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what accelerates disesae
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globalization
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has become a worldwide epidemic, more females, more heterosexuals
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HIV/AIDS
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emerging adults prime infectors AIDS reduction =
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prime vector prevention
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During emerging adulthood Occupations or recreational activities that involve a degree of
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risk or danger
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society benefits from
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risk-taking
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Moving to a new state, getting married, filming a documentary, enlisting in the army, joining the Peace Corps are examples of
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edgeworks that emerging adults do
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risk-taking can be
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destructive
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High rate of severe injury; ______________ death is more common
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accidental
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Unprotected sex driving fast without a seat belt carrying a loaded gun abusing drugs addictive gambling THESE ARE..........
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Common destructive risks
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many young adults seek the rush of risk taking in
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recreation
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example of risk taking in recreation is
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sky diving
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Forms of recreation that include apparent risk of injury or death and are attractive and thrilling as a result
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extreme sport
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Between ____ and ___ there is a lag between impulse control and cognitive evaluation of risk
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18, 24
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Thrill overwhelms ____
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reason
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The ingestion of a drug to the extent that it imparis the user's biological or psychological well-being
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drug abuse
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what is a example of ONE TIME can be abusive
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drunk driving
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in emerging adulthood, durg use/abuse/addiction is LARGELY due to
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Thrill
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ILLEGAL DRUG USE PEAKS AT AGE ____AND DECLINES SHARPLY AFTER
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20
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More common among college students, 25% men, 5% of women reporting more than ___ drinks in a row in 2 weeks
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10
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A proposed fifth stage of adult cognitive development, following piaget's fourth stage
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postformal thought
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postformal though goes beyond adolescent thinking by being more
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practical flexible dialectical
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what means combining contradictory elements into a comprehensive whole
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dialectical
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research is no
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definitive
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Most adults reach a new level of cognition when their brains are
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fully developed
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cognitive flexibility helps with
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countering stereotypes
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Many adults have both unconscious prejudice and conscious tolerance mean
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dual processing
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As prefrontal cortex matures, people rethink
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stereotypes
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The possibility that one's apprearance or behavior will be misread to confirm another person's oversimplified, prejudiced attitudes
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sterotype threat
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mere pssibility of being stereotyped can
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disrupt performance
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higher education improves
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health and wealth
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A college dree adds about __________ per year to a worker's salary-middle age
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20,000
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Obesity with BA =
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9%
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Obesity without BA =
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30%
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The idea that establishing higher learning instiutition and encouaging college enrollment could benefit everyone (the masses), leading to marked increases in hte number of emerging adults in college
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massification
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in the US ____ of 25-29 year olds have bachelors degree
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32%
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Higher percentages of college students in ______,____ and ____ have bachelor's degree.
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china, india and middle east
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Thinking progresses over ___ levels of complexity in ___ years
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9, 4
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Perry's Scheme of Cognitive and Ethical Development during college sys:
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thinking progresses over nine levels of complexity in four years
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The more years of higher education, the more _________ the person's reasoning becomes
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postformal
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College itself causes progression-social interactaction and
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intellectual challenge
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Less critical thinking, analysis and communication compared to 20 years ago
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current contex
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students study less, academic expecation are reduced, fewer student enroll in classes that are
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challenging
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In every developed nation, more than half of college student are female
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Diversity
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Majors tha were traditionally male now include
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many women
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Non-traditional students are
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older than 24 non-eurpean part-time
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Diversity yeilds to
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deeper thought
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Learning how to identify onelself amidst a multi-ethnic society. Increase in ethnic pride and acceptance college classes allow students to learn more about their culture
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ehtic identity
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Between the ages of 18-27. the average US worker hold ____ jobs
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8
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between the ages of eighteen to twenty seven. The average US worker hold eight jobs is example of
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vocational identity
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Exploration via vocation test examples:
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Holland's 6 categories, strong interest inventory, MBTI
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emerging adulthood is a time that allows shifts in
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attitude and personality
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What is both evident in emerging adulthood
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continuity and change
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OVERALL INCRASE IN ________________ IN EMERGING ADULTHOOD, DESPITE TRANSITIONS
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self-esteem
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Emotional Disorders ________ during emerging adulthood
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increase
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interaction of genetic vulnerability (diathess) and stressful environmental factorsd and life events
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diathesis-stress model
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Types of Disorder:
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mood axiety psychosis
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Major Depressive Disorders Bipolar 1 Bipolar 2
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Mood Disorders
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Full blown depression and mania
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Bipolar 1
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major depressionl hyopmania (not as strong)
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Bipolar 2
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Panic Disorder Generalized Anxiety Disorders are
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Types of Axiety Disorders
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PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) OCD (obessive complusive disorder) are
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stress related disorders
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Schizophrenia has ___% of our population
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one
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Erikson's 6th stage
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Intimacy Vs Isolation
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Adults seek someone with whom to share their lives in an enduring and self-sacrificing commitment. without such commitment they risk profound loneliness and isolation
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Intimacy Vs Isolation
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Social networking, texting, email, video chatting
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changes in developing frienships
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In the US, most people in their 20s are
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not married
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Relationship Between Love and Marriage (three stages)
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1. Parent arrange marriage 2. Parents supervise interaction 3. Young adults choose marriage partneers
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Dependent on _________________, parents arrange marriage
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era and culture
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Who developed the three dimensions of love
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Robert Sternberg
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The three dimensions of love are
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1. passion 2. intimacy 3. commitment
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intense, falling in love
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passion
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physical, emotional, and mental intimacy
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intimacy
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mutual decision-making
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commitment
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Passion: Intimacy: Commitment:
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liking
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Passion: no Intimacy: yes Commitment: no
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infatuation
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Passion: yes Intimacy:no Commitment:no
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empty love
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Passion: no Intimacy:no Commitment: yes
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romantic love
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Passion:yes Intimacy:yes Commitment:no
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fatuous love
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Passion:yes Intimacy:no Commitment:yes
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companionate love
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Passion:no Intimacy:yes Commitment:yes
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consummate love
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Passion:yes Intimacy:yes Commitment:yes
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any website that allows users to publicly share details of their daily lives and connect with large numbers of friends, acquantances, and potental romantic partners
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social network
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having so many options that a thoughtful choice becomes difficult and regret after making a choice is more likely
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choice overload
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a couple live together in a committed romantic relationship but are not formally married
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cohabitation
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Intimate partner violence (three factors)
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1. emerging adults experience more intimate partner violence than those over 25 2. alcohol and drug abuse increase likelihood and severity 3. rates are high, but accurate reporting is difficult
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Demand/Withadra.....
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interactions
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Two types of (IPV) intimate partner violence
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1. situational copule violence 2. intimate terroism
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parents continue to be _____ for adult children
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crucial
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lives in which the success, health, and well-being of each family member are connected to those of other members, including members of another generation
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linked lives
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Family relationships tend to improve when
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emerging adults leave the home
