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DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCH MODULE 7/31 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS(A+)
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DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHMODULE 7/31 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS(A+)
early adulthood - =-no official age at which an
adolescent becomes an adult
-laws and society put various limits on the minimum
ages at which certain behaviors can occur, but the ages
for these limits vary
-many individuals today choose to delay assuming an
adult role until their late twenties or early thirties
-occurs before an individual achieves full adult status,
early adulthood (takes place in 20s-30s) is the first
developmental grouping of the adult years ( young
adults)
-emerging adulthood - =-used to describe this in-
between period during which individuals leave
adolescence but are not full adults
-describes some social qualities of adults at the early
end of the early adult age group-those who feel and act
like they aren't fully adults yet
-physical peak - =-early adulthood marks the physical
peak of an individual, occurring between ages 20-35,
although certain athletic activities may peak at earlier
ages
-general principle seems to be that sports requiring
quick movements, speed, and heavy endurance peak at
younger ages, however, sports that don't require these
elements may peak later
-activities requiring more cerebral or mental aspect of
the game, such as being a football quarterback, tend to
,peak a little later likely due to the types of brain changes
discussed in the previous section
-physical activities peak ages - =-swimming: early
twenties
-tennis: early/mid-twenties
-sprinters: early/mid-twenties
-football (running back and receivers): 27
-basketball: 27
-football (quarterbacks): 25-35
-baseball: 27-29
-gold: 25-35
-long distance runners: late 2s, early 30s
-multidirectional development - =-peak ages are
generalizations, but participation in sports can be
maintained throughout adulthood if healthy behaviors
are maintained and adaptations are made to avoid injury
-ex: Olympian Dara Torres was able to maintain an
exceptionally high level of performance in swimming
throughout her thirties and early forties, including after
childbirth
-development can involve improvement and decline
sometimes at the same time, meaning it is
multidirectional
-ex: adult in his late thirties may find he can no longer
beat his twenty year old cousin in a race, and when he
tries, his body is sore for days; but he may be healthier
than he was in his twenties because he is eating better
and getting more sleep
-for most people (particularly if exercise is not
maintained), physical decline begins in certain areas in
early adulthood
, -physical decline in early adulthood - =-maximum heart
rate may gradually decrease
-respiratory capacity gradually decreases (becomes
noticeable after age 35 under heavy exercise
conditions)
-lens of the eye stiffens, thickens
-sensitivity to sound at high frequencies decreases
-fast-twitch muscles decline in size and amount
-sexuality and relationships - =-national survey of sexual
health and behavior was conducted with 6,000
individuals in the US ages 14-94 (2010)
-Less frequent adolescent sexual behavior than some
have thought; ex: survey found that only 9% of males
and 11%of females aged 14 to 15 have had vaginal
intercourse and oral sex rates ranging from 1-12% for
both genders in this age group
-rates increase to 30% for 16-17 year old males and
females for vaginal intercourse, and 2-31% for males
and 5-24% for females for oral sex
- these are still lower rates than have been estimated by
some in the past
- more recently, Jean Twenge published a book on the
iGen generation (or Generation Z), which includes
people born in 1995 or later; based on longitudinal
survey data, she found that this generation is less likely
to have had sex at all in their teens and early twenties
compared to prior generations; ex: the percentage of
20-24 year-old males who have had no sexual partners
since age 18 increased from around 10% in the 1980s
and is now at 18%
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