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Emerging adulthood
Emerging adulthood: biosocial development Chap 17
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| are usually in good health, age 18 to 25 time for had physical work and childbearing | Emerging adults, Biosiocial development |
| physical work and parenthood no longer expected of every young adult in the 21st century | Emerging adult |
| emerging adults reach full height by | Girls 16 boys by age 18 |
| muscle growth and fat accumulation continue untile | the early 20's |
| women attain adult breast and hip size and men reach full shoulder width and upper-arm strength | the early 20's |
| death from disease | almost never occurs during emerging adulthood |
| the immune system is fully developed by, blood pressure is normal,teeth develop,no new cavities, heart rate is steady, brain is fully grown and lung capacity is as large as it will ever be | age 20 |
| process of aging, body becomes less strong and efficient, begins in late adolescence | Senescence |
| adjustment of body systems to keep physiological functions in a state of equillibruim. as the body ages it takes longer for these adjustments to occur,so it bcoms harder for older bodies to adapt to stress | Homeostasis |
| underlie health at every age | Nutrition and exercise |
| capacity of organs to allow the body to cope with stress, via extra, unused functioning ability | Organ reserve |
| begins to decline by age 25 | Maximum strength potential |
| retain 90% of muscle reserve they had at age 20 | Fifty year olds |
| is especially vigorous during emerging adulthood | The sexual reproductive system |
| sex drive is powerful, infertility is rare, orgasm is frequent, and birth is easy. with fewer complications in the early 20s than at any other time | emerging adulthood |
| increases in emerging adulthood | incidence of psychopathology |
| rate of serious mental illness is | almost double that for adults over age 25 |
| may begin in childhood but becomes more severe in adulthood | Bipolar disorder |
| most common mood disorder,loss of interest or pleasure for 2weeks or more, m/b rooted imbalances in neurotransmitters and hormones | Depression |
| About 1% of adults have it, disorganized/bizarre thoughts,delusions, halucinations and emotions. risk factor genetics, malnutrition when brain is developing, social pressure. symptoms begin in adolescence | Schizophrenia |
| reduces blood pressure, strengthens the heart and lungs. makes depression, osteoperosis, heart dx, arthritis and some cancers less likely | Exercise. |
| are 4 times more likely to have diabetes and high blood pressure 15 years later | those that are not fit during emerging adulthood |
| diet affects future development | at every stage of life |
| a certain body weight that a persons homeostatic processes strive to maintain | Set point |
| weight in kilos divided by height in meters squares | BMI |
| marked by greater willingness to take risks of all sorts, not just sexual | Emerging adulthood |
| they enjoy danger, drive w/o seat belts, carry guns, try addictive drugs | Young adults |
| ingestion of a drug to the extent that it impairs the user's biological or psychological well-being | Drug abuse |
| drug dependence in which the absence of the given drug from the individuals system produces a drive physiological, biological or both to ingest more of the drug | Drug addiction |
| particularly common among those who die violently | drug abuse |
| between the ages of 15 and 25, almost 1 male in every 100 dies violently, through suicide, homicide or motor vehicle accident | in the U.S |
| about 4 times as many young men as young women commit suicide or die in motor vehicle accidents and 6x as many are murdered | Young men |
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