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Chapter 8 Youth . Copyright 2010 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs to accompany Claiborne & Drewery, Human Development 8-1 Markers of adulthood • Differing cultural expectations and roles, e.g. – Taking responsibility for care of younger siblings – Taking financial responsibility for oneself – Entering into a marriage-like (committed) relationship – Going out to work, getting a job • How do we know we have become an adult? • Is there a list that we tick? . Copyright 2010 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs to accompany Claiborne & Drewery, Human Development 8-2 Social changes affecting youth • Relevant changes over several decades – Fewer full time jobs available for school leavers – Youth have greater awareness of the wider world – More youth engagement in part time work – Later school leaving age • Implications: – Lengthening period of economic dependency – Expectation of tertiary education – Starting a career begins much later . Copyright 2010 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs to accompany Claiborne & Drewery, Human Development 8-3 ‘Emerging’ adulthood: Arnett • 18-25 years • Characterised by experimentation and exploration • ‘In between’: not adolescence, and not quite adulthood • Moving house a lot • Holding off commitment to: – Long-term relationship – Paid work career . Copyright 2010 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs to accompany Claiborne & Drewery, Human Development 8-4 Is there a ‘transition’to adulthood? • ‘Transition’ implies a psychological shift through instability to stability • Is the shift about individual psychology, or inter-generational (historical) expectations? • Is it about the complexities of adapting to social changes? • Are the issues more about individual adaptations, or more about what society enables? • Are young people in this period incapable of taking individual responsibility? . Copyright 2010 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs to accompany Claiborne & Drewery, Human Development 8-5 ... - tailieumienphi.vn
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