Social
Social and Personality Development in Early Adulthood
Definition:
Social development is the phase that refers to the alteration of social order within a society.This development is between ages 20-40
Theories of Social and Personality Development
• Intimate Relationships
• Marriage
• Parenthood and other Relationships
• Career Development
Intimate Relationships
Love: Refers to a variety of different feeling starts, and attitudes that ranges from interpersonal affection to pleasure
Sternberg’s Triangular Theory: The Three Faces of Love
Robert Sternberg says that love is made up of three components:
Three key components of love
• Intimacy
• Passion
• Commitment
Theories of Social and Personality Development
Erikson
Erikson's Stage of Intimacy versus Isolation:
• Erikson regarded young adulthood as the time of the intimacy versus isolation stage. Focus is on developing close, intimate relationship with others.
• Intimacy versus isolation stage: spans the period of post adolescence into the early 30s
• Isolation: Results from relationships that are inadequate, lack of self-closure, and unresolved identity crises
Marriage:
• meets fundamental needs for belonging, sex, emotional growth, happiness
• best way for raising children
• Positively related with better physical, mental and financial well-being
• younger age at marriage, not attending church, being previously divorced, having parents who divorced
• Same-sex marriage
Divorce:
Divorce rate highest in early adulthood, half of marriages end in divorce,
Communication problems is #1 reason
Remarriage:
Parenthood and other Relationships
Parenthood:
• the desire to become a parent,parenthood is now truly a choice
• the average number of kids a family will have is 1.8
• women who work in demanding careers are less likely to become parents
Friendships:
• most of our relationships with others involve friends, and for most people maintaining such
Definition:
Social development is the phase that refers to the alteration of social order within a society.This development is between ages 20-40
Theories of Social and Personality Development
• Intimate Relationships
• Marriage
• Parenthood and other Relationships
• Career Development
Intimate Relationships
Love: Refers to a variety of different feeling starts, and attitudes that ranges from interpersonal affection to pleasure
Sternberg’s Triangular Theory: The Three Faces of Love
Robert Sternberg says that love is made up of three components:
Three key components of love
• Intimacy
• Passion
• Commitment
Theories of Social and Personality Development
Erikson
Erikson's Stage of Intimacy versus Isolation:
• Erikson regarded young adulthood as the time of the intimacy versus isolation stage. Focus is on developing close, intimate relationship with others.
• Intimacy versus isolation stage: spans the period of post adolescence into the early 30s
• Isolation: Results from relationships that are inadequate, lack of self-closure, and unresolved identity crises
Marriage:
• meets fundamental needs for belonging, sex, emotional growth, happiness
• best way for raising children
• Positively related with better physical, mental and financial well-being
• younger age at marriage, not attending church, being previously divorced, having parents who divorced
• Same-sex marriage
Divorce:
Divorce rate highest in early adulthood, half of marriages end in divorce,
Communication problems is #1 reason
Remarriage:
Parenthood and other Relationships
Parenthood:
• the desire to become a parent,parenthood is now truly a choice
• the average number of kids a family will have is 1.8
• women who work in demanding careers are less likely to become parents
Friendships:
• most of our relationships with others involve friends, and for most people maintaining such