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Chapter 12 - Lifespan
Socioemotional and vocational development in young adulthood
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Psychology
Graduate
06/10/2012

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intimacy
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love
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adult attachment theory
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pg 382
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generalitivity
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work
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nuclear family tradition
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a body of work that examines the outcomes of a peron atachment to his primary caregiver in infancy once the person becomes a  adult
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peer/romantic partner tradition
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a parellel line of research focusing on the peer attachments of adults
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autonomous
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provide a transcript that is coherant and collaborative
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earned secure (secure) 1st category of adults
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the ability to reflect on difficul past realistically, yet with a certain level of generousity towards parents
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dismissing (insecure) 2nd category of adults
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individuals that provide transcripts that are characterized by marketly levels of detail and coherance
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preoccupied (insecure) 3rd category of adults
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violate the rule of collaboration on the AA1interview
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unresolved (insecure) 4th category
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produce transcripts characterizd by marked lapses in logical thinking
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cannot classify 5th category of adults
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is used when protocols do no meet he the criteria for other categories.
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passion
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erotic atrration or feelings of being in love.
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commitment
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making a decision to sustain a relaionship with a loved one
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secure
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internalized a positive sence of themselves along with positive models of others
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avoidant - being uncomfortable by being close to others

(three attachment prototpes)

anxious  - ambivalent feeling of insecurity about relationships

secure - finding asy to get close to others

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being uncomfortable by being close to others
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fearful
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product of negative modals of both self and others
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modal personal orientation

Hollands Theory of Personality Environment Types

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a typical and preferred style or approach to dealing with social ad environmental tasks
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vocational self concept

 

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the multiple factors that influence job choice
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vocational self concept
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growth stage

super described a series of life stages of developement

vocational and life experiences

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up until age 14
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exploratory stage

super described a series of life stages of developement

vocational and life experiences

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adolescents and young adulthood up until the age of 24
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crystallization

beginning of exploratory stage

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general goals are formulated in the earlier part of exploratory stage
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specification

2nd part of exploratory stage

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identification of more specific vocational preferences
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implementation

final stage of exploratory stage

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completion of education and entering ino the work force
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establishment stage

25 - 44 years of age

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work experiences provide the laboratory within which the matching of vocational self concept and job settings is tried
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stabilization
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stabilized
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maintainance stage

45 - 64 year of age

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makes ungoing adjustments to improve work skills
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consolidation
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achieving advanced staus
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decline stage

before and after 65

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career winds down
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retention
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staying in college long enough to graduate
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forgotten half
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18 - 24 year olds ho do not go o college

given this name from William T Grant Commision on Work, Family and and Citzenship (1988)

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industry
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Erickson stated this would be an individual who can master a skill and tools needed to be productive
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self efficiancy beliefs
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beliefs about our ability to exercise control over events that affect our lives
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mastery orientation
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move foreward opimistically even when they fail assuming that they can succeed with further effort
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helpless pattern
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often begin to denigrate their abilities when they encounter failure and typicaly stop applying themselves
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incremental theories

(Dweck)

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seeing intellegence as a dynamic and malleable quality that can be increased by hard work
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entity theories

(Dweck)

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see intellegence as a fixed, concrete thing
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steriotype threat
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the fear that steriotype may be true or that one will be judged by the steriotype
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generaltivity desire

(Stewart and Vandewater)

The importance of generalitivity

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expression of generalitivity goals, such as caring for future generations
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generalitivity accomplihment

(Stewart and Vandewater)

The importance of generalitivity

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be concerned about being needed and accomplishments that were and are being made.
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