11 - Early Adulthood

I.  Description:

  1. Age: ______
  2. ______

II.  Physical Growth

  1. Growth: ______
  2. Peak bone mass: ______
  3. Injuries respond best to ______& ______
  4. Dentition
  5. ______molars
  6. ______
  7. Dental visits: ______
  8. Cardiac system
  9. Cardiac output Peaks ______then ______
  10. Risk Factors
  11. ______
  12. ______
  13. ______diet
  14. Respiratory System
  15. Peak ______
  16. Risk factors: ______
  17. Health promotion: ______
  18. Gastrointestinal system
  19. Appetite: ______
  20. Gastric secretions (after 30) ______
  21. Basal Metabolic Rate: ______
  22. Integumentary System
  23. Acne: ______
  24. Cancer: ______
  1. Nervous System
  2. # neurons: ______
  3. Brain size: ______
  4. Reaction time ______
  5. Visual acuity ______: ______
  6. Best at ______: ______
  7. What hearing loss typically is affected 1st? ______
  8. Reproductive system
  9. ______
  10. Assisting conception
  11. ______
  12. Sex frequency:
  13. ______penetration
  14. No ______

III.  Development

  1. Motor
  2. Greatest strength: ______
  3. Sexual development: ______
  4. Masters & Johnson Cycle of Sexual response
  5. ______
  6. ______
  7. ______
  8. * ______
  9. ______
  10. The search for ______begins at puberty and continues through adulthood.
  11. Psycho-social
  12. ______vs ______
  13. Friendship: Humans have a need for ______
  14. How are friends formed: Expanding social circles
  15. Similar ______
  16. ______
  17. ______
  18. ______
  19. ______
  20. Gender differences:
  21. Female: ______
  22. Male: ______
  23. Sternberg: Theory of ______
  24. ______: ______component:
  25. ______liking, feeling of closeness
  26. ______: ______component
  27. ______attraction, romance & sexual desire
  28. ______: ______component
  29. Decision to make a long-term ______


  1. Labeling theory of passionate love (Hatfield & Berscheid)
  2. Intense physiological ______+ Situational ______= ____
  3. ______: couples living together without being married
  4. Age: ______
  5. Ethnicity: ______
  6. Divorce rate: ______
  7. Problems with ______
  8. Marriage
  9. Median Age men______women______
  10. Divorce rate: ______
  11. Characteristics of a successful marriage
  12. Visible ______
  13. ______little ______
  14. Similar ______
  15. Agree on distribution of ______
  16. View themselves as ______couple
  17. Divorce
  18. ______
  19. Low ______
  20. Low ______
  21. No ______affiliation
  22. Divorced ______
  23. ______before marriage
  24. Vocation
  25. Ginzberg Career Choice Theory
  26. ______period: Age ______
  27. ______period: ______:
  28. ______period______
  29. Developing maturity
  30. ______& ______
  31. Cognitive development
  32. ______
  33. ______perspective
  34. ______learners
  35. Moral development
  36. ______absolutes
  37. ______others
  38. ______

IV.  Health promotion

  1. Nutrition:
  2. Male: ______
  3. Female:______
  4. Sleep
  5. ______
  6. Sleep aids:
  7. No large ______at night
  8. ______
  9. ______
  10. ______
  11. The bed is only for ______& ______
  12. Exercise
  13. Safety
  14. Self & ______
  15. Health promotion
  16. Men: ______exam
  17. Women: ______exam & ______
  18. Carcinogens
  19. ______
  20. ______
  21. Chemicals, viruses,
  22. ______
  23. Accidents
  24. Stress
  25. Family Planning

What do you value most in a marriage partner?

Rank the following in order from most important to least: (1 most - 18 least)

  1. ______Ambition and industriousness
  2. ______Chastity (no prior sexual intercourse)
  3. ______Dependable character
  4. ______Desire for home and children
  5. ______Education and intelligence
  6. ______Emotional stability and maturity
  7. ______Favorable social status or rating
  8. ______Good cook and housekeeper
  9. ______Good financial prospects
  10. ______Good health
  11. ______Good looks
  12. ______Mutual attraction / love
  13. ______Pleasing disposition
  14. ______Refinement, neatness
  15. ______Similar education
  16. ______Similar political background
  17. ______Similar religious background
  18. ______Sociability

The combinations of love:

Type of Love / Intimacy / Passion / Decision/ commitment / Example
Non-love / The way you might feel about the person who takes your ticket at the movies
Liking / Good friends who have lunch together once or twice a week
Infatuated love / A “fling” or short-term relationship based only on sexual attraction
Empty love / An arranged marriage or a couple who have decided to stay married “for the sake of the kids”
Romantic love / A couple who have been happily dating a few months, but have not made any plans for a future together
Compassionate love / A couple who enjoy each other’s company and their relationship, although they no longer feel much sexual interest in each other
Fatuous love / A couple who decided to move in together after knowing each other for only 2 weeks
Consummate love / A loving, sexually vibrant, long-term relationship

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