Assignment task: In 500 words or more using at least 3 references below:
Problem 1: Define emerging adulthood and provide a brief overview of its significance to lifespan development. Include the age range and the factors that contribute to its emergence.
Problem 2: Discuss the cognitive, emotional, and social characteristics that distinguish emerging adulthood from adolescence and adulthood.
Problem 3: Analyze the implications of these characteristics on individual's identity formation and decision-making processes.
References:
Baltes, P. B., & Staudinger, U. M. (2000). Wisdom: A metaheuristic (pragmatic) to orchestrate mind and virtue toward excellence. American Psychologist, 55 (1), 122-136.
Belenky, M. F., Bond, L. A., & Weinstock, J. S. (1997). A tradition that has no name: Nurturing the development of people, families, and communities. New York: Basic Books, Inc.
Dacey, J. S., Travers, J. F. & Fiore, L. (2008). Human development across the lifespan. McGraw Hill Publishing.
Levinson, D. (1990b). A theory of life structure development in adulthood. In C. N. Alexander & E. J. Langer (Eds.), Higher states of human development. New York: Oxford University Press, 35-54.
Perry, W. (1981). Cognitive and ethical growth. In A. Chickering (Ed.), The modern American college. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.