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Emerging Adulthood
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Period between late teens and mid - to late twenties when individuals are not adolescents but are not yet fully adults.
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When do adolescents become adults?
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It is difficult to pin dpwn exactly when this occurs in Western Societies.
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What is it time for when emerging into adulthood?
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It is time to explore careers, self-identity, and commitments.
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In emerging adulthood they often get their first taste of what?
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They get their first taste of real independent achievement and of disappointment.
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What is the most widely used criteria for deciding whether a person has reached adulthood are?
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Role Transitions
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Role Transitions
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The process of assuming new responsiblities and duties.
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What certain role transitions have long been recognized in western society as key markers for attaining adulthood?
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Voting, completing education, beginning full time employment, establishing an independent household, getting married, becoming a parent.
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Achievements in industrialized countries
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People in their 20s in industrialized countries spread these achievements over several years.
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Does western society have rituals that clearly mark the transition to adulthood?
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Only has a few formal rituals
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College students and initiation
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College students may create their own rituals of initiation, such as initiations into student organizations or drinking alcohol.
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What makes it difficult to use any one event as the marker for becoming an adult?
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The lack of clearly defined rituals.
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Cultures and becoming an adult
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Cultures in the developing world tend to be clearer about when a person becomes an adult and to put greater emphasis specific practices that mark the transition.
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Cultures, marriage and adulthood
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Cutlures in the developing world consider marriage the most important determinant of adult status because it leads to childbearing.
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