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• Physical Development
• Describe the changes in growth, strength, and
overall health that occur during emerging
adulthood.
• Discuss the causes and consequences of drug
abuse during emerging adulthood.
• Cognitive Development
• Identify the main characteristics of thinking
during emerging adulthood, and tell how it
differs from formal operational thought (post
formal operational thoughts).
• Describe the contexts and effects of stereotype
threat, and discuss the findings of research
studies aimed at reducing stereotype threat.
• Define dialectical thought, and give examples
of its usefulness.
Stereotypes and Stereotype Threat
• Psychosocial Development
