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The Five Features of Emerging Adulthood. Five characteristics distinguish emerging adulthood from other life stages (Arnett, 2004). Emerging adulthood is: the age of identity explorations; the age of instability; the self-focused age; the age of feeling in-between; and; the age of possibilities.
Emerging adulthood is the period between 18 and 25 when people explore their identity, career, and relationships. Learn about the five characteristics of emerging adulthood proposed by Arnett and how they differ across cultures and regions.
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Jun 1, 2006 · Psychologist Jeffrey Jensen Arnett defines emerging adulthood as the time from the end of adolescence to the young-adult responsibilities of a stable job, marriage and parenthood. He identifies five features of emerging adulthood: identity exploration, instability, self-focus, feeling in between and possibilities.
Oct 22, 2024 · Arnett has identified five characteristics of emerging adulthood that distinguishes it from adolescence and young adulthood (Arnett, 2006). It is the age of identity exploration . In 1950, Erik Erikson proposed that it was during adolescence that humans wrestled with the question of identity.
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Historically, early adulthood was considered to last from approximately the age of 18 (the end of adolescence) until 40 or 45 (the beginning of middle adulthood). More recently, developmentalists have divided this 25 year age period into two separate stages: Emerging adulthood followed by early adulthood. Although these age periods differ in their ...
Emerging adulthood brings with it the consolidation of formal operational thought, and the continued integration of the parts of the brain that serve emotion, social processes, and planning and problem solving. As a result, rash decisions and risky behavior decrease rapidly across early adulthood. Increases in epistemic cognition are also seen, as ...
Adapted from Lifespan Development by Lumen Learning Some researchers argue that a qualitative shift in cognitive development tales place for some emerging adults during their mid to late twenties. As evidence, they point to studies documenting continued integration and focalization of brain functioning, and studies suggesting that this developmenta...
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Jun 22, 2023 · Based on interviews with about 100 young people in their late teens and twenties, Jeffrey Arnett articulated five characteristics of emerging adulthood. Do they sound like you? Or maybe...
Learn about the five features of emerging adulthood, a new life stage between adolescence and young adulthood, lasting from ages 18 to 25. Explore how identity explorations, instability, self-focus, feeling in-between, and possibilities shape the lives of emerging adults in industrialized and non-industrialized countries.
