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Physical Development
in Early Adulthood
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• how the body develops during early adulthood, and what risks young adults are exposed to.
CHAPTER OUTLINE
I. Physical Development
A. Physical Development and the Senses
1. In most respects, physical development and maturation are complete by early
adulthood.
2. Most people are at the peak of their physical capabilities.
3. Although SENESCENCE, the natural physical decline brought about by aging, has
begun, these changes are not very obvious until later.
4. Gray matter of brain continues to be pruned back, and myelination continues to
increase
5. Certain parts of the body do not fully mature until early adulthood.
6. Brain wave patterns change in early adulthood.
7. The senses are as sharp as they will ever be.
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B. Motor Functioning, Fitness, and Health: Staying Well
1. Most professional athletes are at their peak during early adulthood.
2. No more than 10 % of Americans exercise enough to keep themselves in good
physical shape.
a) Exercise is largely an upper- and middle-class phenomenon.
b) There are many advantages to regular exercise.
(1) Increases cardiovascular fitness
(2) Lung capacity increases
(3) Muscles become stronger
(4) Body becomes more flexible and maneuverable
(5) Reduces osteoporosis, the thinning of bones, in later life
(6) Optimizes the immune response
(7) Decreases stress, anxiety, and depression
(8) Increases sense of control and feelings of accomplishment
(9) Increases longevity
c) Young adults are less susceptible to colds and illnesses.
d) The leading causes of death among young adults are:
(1) Accidents
(2) AIDS
(3) Cancer
(4) Heart disease
(5) Suicide
e) Lifestyle choices – use and abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and drugs or engaging
in unprotected sex, can hasten secondary aging, physical declines
brought about by environmental factors or individual choices.
f) Men are more apt to die from accidents than women, and African Americans
have twice the death rate of Caucasians.
g) The murder rate in the U.S. is significantly higher than in any other
developed country.
(1) Murder is the fifth most frequent cause of death for young white
Americans.
(2) Murder is the most frequent cause of death for African Americans.
3. Cultural Dimensions: How Cultural Health Beliefs Influence Use of Health Care
a) Cultural health beliefs, along with demographic and psychological factors,
reduce people’s use of physicians and medical care.
(1) Punishment from God
(2) Lack of faith
(3) A hex
b) To ensure that everyone receives adequate health care, cultural health beliefs
must be taken into account.
II. Physical Limitations and Challenges
A. Good Nutrition: No Such Thing as Free Lunch?
1. People can achieve good nutrition by eating foods that are low in fat and salt.
2. The body is less forgiving to young adults, who must reduce their caloric intake
to maintain their health.
B. Obesity: A Weighty Concern
1. Thirty-one percent of the adult population is classified as overweight.
a) Twelve percent of those age 18 to 29 are obese – defined as a body weight
that is 20 % or more above the average weight for a person of a given
height.
b) From 1998 to 1999, obesity increased 6%.
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C. Physical Disabilities: Coping with Physical Challenge
1. Over 50 million Americans are physically challenged — or disabled — a condition
that substantially limits a major life activity such as walking or vision.
2. Despite the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990), many older buildings are
inaccessible to wheelchairs.
3. Prejudice and discrimination affect the way disabled people think of themselves.
III. Stress and Coping: Dealing with Life’s Challenges
A. The Origins of Stress
1. STRESS is the response to events that threaten or challenge an individual.
2. Our lives are filled with events and circumstances known as stressors, that cause
threats to our well-being.
a) Stressors can be both pleasant events and unpleasant events.
b) Long-term, continuous exposure to stressors may result in a reduction of the
body's ability to deal with stress.
B. The Consequences of Stress
1. Researchers in the new field of PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY (PNI), the
study of the relationship among the brain, the immune system, and psychological factors,
have found that stress produces several outcomes.
a) Hormones from the adrenal glands cause a rise in heart rate, blood pressure,
respiration, and sweating.
b) People become more susceptible to diseases as their ability to fight off germs
declines.
2. According to Lazarus and Folkman, people move through a series of stages that
determine whether they will experience stress.
a) PRIMARY APPRAISAL is the assessment of an event to determine
whether its implications are positive, negative, or neutral.
b) SECONDARY APPRAISAL is the assessment of whether one’s coping
abilities and resources are adequate to overcome the harm, threat, or
challenge posed by the potential stressor.
c) Events and circumstances that produce negative emotions are more likely to
produce stress.
d) Situations that are uncontrollable or unpredictable are more likely to produce
stress.
e) Events and circumstances that are ambiguous and confusing produce more
stress.
f) People who must accomplish simultaneously many tasks are more likely to
experience stress.
3. Stress may lead to PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDERS, medical problems caused
by the interaction of psychological, emotional, and physical difficulties.
C. Coping with Stress
1. Some young adults are better than others at COPING, the effort to reduce, or tolerate
the threats that lead to stress.
a) Problem-focused coping is the attempt to manage a stressful problem or
situation by directly changing the situation to make it less stressful.
b) Emotion-focused coping involves the conscious regulation of emotion.
c) Coping is also aided by the presence of social support, assistance and
comfort supplied by others.
d) Defense coping involves unconscious strategies that distort or deny the true
nature of the situation.
2. Hardiness, Resilience, and Coping
a) Hardiness is a personality characteristic associated with a lower rate of
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stress-related illness.
b) Resilient young adults tend to be easy-going, good-natured, and have good
social and communication skills
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