Social Development
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Social Development
PSY/201
August 4, 2013
Social Development
This article discusses and outlines the changes in the transitional process into adulthood within the Asian culture. I selected this article because of my interest in how social development has changed over the years as well as how social development differs in other cultural societies. This article discusses how more youth are remaining in the home for longer periods of time, generally while attending school, and are waiting longer to get married and start families. For instance, as outlined in this article, the average age for women in Japan to marry was 26.9 in 1990; in 2005 the average marriage age for women was 29.4. For Japanese men, the average age for marriage in 1990 was 30.4 and in 2005 the average marriage age was shown to be 31.1 (Yeung & Alipio, 2013).
If I were writing a research paper on this topic, I would definitely use this article because it provides some excellent comparisons for the social development that occurred several years ago versus social development that occurs today. For example, this article compares social development with the youth of today with those entering adulthood approximately 50 years ago. According to Yeung and Alipio (2013), youth 50 years ago attended school, gained full-time employment, moved out of their parents’ home, married, then had children of their own. “Today this transition takes 5 to 10 years longer, if it ever occurs” (Yeung & Alipio, 2013, p.15). It also provides comparisons for the current culture of the United States and Asian cultural life as it pertains to social development. One example of this is the number of individuals, who engage in sexual activity outside of wedlock. The number of people cohabitating and entering into parenthood prior to marriage within the United States is increasing; both occurrences are rare in Asian cultures. According to Yeung and Alipio (2013), this shift over the years is likely a result of changes in...
PSY/201
August 4, 2013
Social Development
This article discusses and outlines the changes in the transitional process into adulthood within the Asian culture. I selected this article because of my interest in how social development has changed over the years as well as how social development differs in other cultural societies. This article discusses how more youth are remaining in the home for longer periods of time, generally while attending school, and are waiting longer to get married and start families. For instance, as outlined in this article, the average age for women in Japan to marry was 26.9 in 1990; in 2005 the average marriage age for women was 29.4. For Japanese men, the average age for marriage in 1990 was 30.4 and in 2005 the average marriage age was shown to be 31.1 (Yeung & Alipio, 2013).
If I were writing a research paper on this topic, I would definitely use this article because it provides some excellent comparisons for the social development that occurred several years ago versus social development that occurs today. For example, this article compares social development with the youth of today with those entering adulthood approximately 50 years ago. According to Yeung and Alipio (2013), youth 50 years ago attended school, gained full-time employment, moved out of their parents’ home, married, then had children of their own. “Today this transition takes 5 to 10 years longer, if it ever occurs” (Yeung & Alipio, 2013, p.15). It also provides comparisons for the current culture of the United States and Asian cultural life as it pertains to social development. One example of this is the number of individuals, who engage in sexual activity outside of wedlock. The number of people cohabitating and entering into parenthood prior to marriage within the United States is increasing; both occurrences are rare in Asian cultures. According to Yeung and Alipio (2013), this shift over the years is likely a result of changes in...