Social Development According To Levinson's Seasons Of Life

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Adulthood is the time in life when a person has reached maturity and is aware of the responsibilities that they have to take on. People’s lives are centered on their careers and relationships, leaving less time for much of anything else. Adulthood has three different stages; there is young adulthood (18-40), middle adulthood (41-65), and late adulthood (65-to death), according to Levinson’s Seasons of Life (Levinson, 2010). Individuals experience so many changes to their physical body, cognitive abilities and social development throughout different stages of life. Looking at all the differences that are experienced during these stages of development in early, middle and late adulthood. As an individual we may experience many changes in the body and the mind but the changes in …show more content…

As individuals we also continue to develop physically, even though some of our physical changes may eventually progress in a negative way. Some physical changes may take place during adulthood, and in early adulthood an individual may continue to add height and weight, and some hormonal changes may continue, but the effects can be much less noticable than during adolescence. Early adulthood can be seen as the best physical condition; because you have sharp senses, are at your strongest and better stamina. Our memory and thinking abilities are at their highest as well. Some social development for us can be identified with our desire to be socially independent and our high drive to be successful, selecting a life partner, and starting a family. An article on Young Adult Development Project (2008) reads; a large and new body of research is revealing that early adulthood is a time of dramatic change in basic thinking structures, as well as in the brain. Consensus is emerging that an 18 year old is not the same person she or he will be at 25, just as an 11 year old is not the same as he or she will be at

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