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Human Development: A Cultural Approach (3rd ed.) Jeffery Jensen Arnett & Lene Arnett Jensen.
Respond to fifteen of the following learning objectives. You should have a total of fifteen responses for this homework assignment.
- Compare and contrast criteria for adulthood according to young people across cultures.
- What do you think makes a person an adult? Do you feel that you have reached adulthood? Compare your response to the general pattern of research described at the outset of this chapter.
- Specify the signs of the beginning of physical aging and when they appear.
- Explain how obesity is defined, its causes, its consequences, and the keys to prevention.
- Explain the benefits of exercising in young adulthood.
- Given that the adoption of Western junk food is contributing to weight problems and dental problems in developing countries, do you think it is ethical for fast-food companies to market their products in these countries?
- Summarize the extent to which IQ scores in childhood and adolescence predict career success in young adulthood.
- Describe the different components that cultures include as part of their conceptions of intelligence.
- Define expertise and explain why it is often first reached in young adulthood.
- Explain how creativity is related to expertise and how it changes with age.
- Describe Erikson’s theory of emotional and psychosocial development in young adulthood.
- Describe the three qualities in Sternberg’s theory of love and how they change with age.
- Compare different cultural traditions regarding marriage, and identify the factors that predict marital satisfaction in Western cultures.
- How would you explain the fact that wives usually end up doing most of the household work and child care even when they work as many hours as their husbands do? Do you think this is likely to change in the current generation of emerging adults?
- Describe the most common causes of divorce in young adulthood, and explain why some societies have higher divorce rates than others.
- Appraise common myths about single adults, and summarize cultural and ethnic variations in singlehood.
- Compare gay and lesbian partnerships with heterosexual partnerships, and describe how these partnerships have changed in recent years.
- Explain why young adulthood tends to be a stage of peak sexual behavior, and identify gender differences in sexuality.
- Summarize the social and emotional impact of becoming a parent, and describe the unique challenges faced by single parents.
- List the stages of occupational development in Super’s theory, and explain how personality and gender shape occupational goals.
- Explain the relationship between community involvement and television use in the lives of young adults.