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8.1: Emerging/Early Adulthood - What Will You Learn?

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    After reading "Emerging/Early Adulthood" you should be able to:

    1. Discuss the developmental tasks of early adulthood.
    2. Distinguish between formal and postformal thought.
    3. Explain dialectical thought.
    4. Describe Erikson’s stage of intimacy vs. isolation.
    5. Question Erikson’s assertion about the focus on intimacy in early adulthood.
    6. Identify trends in mate selection, marriage choices, and cohabitation in the United States.
    7. Apply Sternberg’s theory of love to specific examples of relationships.
    8. Apply Lee’s love styles to specific examples of relationships.
    9. Compare frames of relationships.
    10. Explain the wheel theory of love.
    11. Identify Adult Attachment styles.

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