Child Development Ninth Edition Textbook By Laura E. Berk

Adulthood is a stage of life that most humans confuse. Some people believe that they do not reach adulthood until they are completely independent, and others think it all depends on the age they mature. In this case study, I interviewed five college students to see how much knowledge they had on adulthood. Some of the students did relate to the “Child Development Ninth Edition” textbook by Laura E. Berk and others thought more about their experiences from childhood to now. The textbook by Berk states that adolescence start to develop into adulthood when they are 18 to 25 years old (Berk, p. 6). The book also points out that on adulthood stage, we tend to have a high self-esteem, consider love, career, and job competence.

The first college student said, that she thinks she has reached adulthood because she has more duties than she use to when she was in high school. She is 19 years old and she is allowed to make her own decisions in terms of her things. The example she gave was that she decides when to attend class but she knows it is her responsibility to pass all her classes, which is why she tries not to miss any of her 4 classes. As a young adult, she says she is only

He strongly believes that someone who is able to manage his or her time wisely can be considered an adult. He says, he is taking 4 classes every Monday and Wednesday from 2p.m to 9 p.m. He goes to work the other days from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. He thinks that age does not matter in terms of becoming a young adulthood. His perspective about adulthood is being able to get things done without having someone to hold his hand, and guide him. This student is creating his identity of ho he wants to become but in an isolated way. This is similar to what Berk says in the book about Erik Erikson’s theory (Berk, P. 16). Erikson believed that young adults continue to be companionless because of the sorrow of their