Identify the key developmental tasks and challenges individuals face during emerging adulthood

 In 500 words or more using at least 3 references below: 

 Identify the key developmental tasks and challenges individuals face during emerging adulthood

Highlight the opportunities for growth, self-discovery, and resilience that emerge during this developmental stage.

Personal reflection: Reflect on your own experiences of emerging adulthood or the experiences of someone that you know and have observed during this time.  Compare your experiences or observations to the information that you have presented in this assignment. Identify the similarities and differences between your experiences and the broader patterns observed during emerging adulthood.  What new knowledge have you learned through this assignment.

References:

 Baltes, P. B., & Staudinger, U. M. (2000). Wisdom: A metaheuristic (pragmatic) to orchestrate mind and virtue toward excellence. American Psychologist, 55 (1), 122136.

Belenky, M. F., Bond, L. A., & Weinstock, J. S. (1997). A tradition that has no name: Nurturing the development of people, families, and communities. New York: Basic Books, Inc.

 Dacey, J. S., Travers, J. F. & Fiore, L. (2008). Human development across the lifespan. McGraw Hill Publishing. 

 Levinson, D. (1990b). A theory of life structure development in adulthood. In C. N. Alexander & E. J. Langer (Eds.), Higher states of human development. New York: Oxford University Press, 3554. 

Perry, W. (1981). Cognitive and ethical growth. In A. Chickering (Ed.), The modern American college. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 

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