young Adulthood
our original response to the Discussion topic should be at least 350 words and should reflect the fact that you have completed the assigned readings and activities for the week. Use your words wisely so that the posting has substance and includes examples and explanations. Best practice is to include citations and a reference list.
Young Adulthood
After you have completed the Reading and watched the video on some aspects of young adulthood on page 419, post your initial response to the following statements.
- Explore some of the changes regarding cognitive development in young adulthood as they relate to the woman in the video.
- Determine which aspects of socioemotional development in young adulthood were discussed in the video. Assess whether there were positive and/or negative components of this type of development that were emphasized.
- Identify some of the challenges related to vocational development that were discussed in the video. Integrate into your answer information that determines whether the challenges that were discussed are typical in young adulthood.
TEXTBOOK INFORMATION
Title: Life Span: Human Development for Helping Professionals Edition: 4th (2014) Author: Patricia C. Broderick and Pamela Blewitt Publisher: Pearson Book ISBN: 978-0133785647 Ebook ISBN: 978-0-13-355096-2
Read the following chapters in your textbook, The Life Span: Human Development for Helping Professionals.
Chapter 11: “Physical and Cognitive Development in Young Adulthood”
Chapter 12: “Socioemotional and Vocational Development in Young Adulthood”
In Chapter 11, you will come to understand the physical and cognitive changes that occur during young adulthood including some of the factors that impact these different features of development. In Chapter 12, you will consider some of the socioemotional and vocational changes that occur during young adulthood, and the importance of these changes in terms of individual development.

