Psy 201 Social Development

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Week 6 Social Development Research Tonya Gray PSY/201 October 20, 2012 Sandra Knight Psy.D Week 6 Social Development Research I chose the article “Long-Term Effects of Social Investment: The Case of Partnering in Young Adulthood. My main reason for selecting this article is that it explains how personalities develop over the course of years a person is reaching into adulthood. I have also had an interest in the elements that create the personalities in which a person develops as they grow. This article explains how the social and environmental aspects contribute to the personality of a person. In studies that were conducted it was proven that between the ages of eighteen and twenty five the personalities that develop are parenting skills, learning how to become a reliable partner, and the ability to become a competent employee. It was stated that these developments “reflect societal expectations that come along with their own set of expectations and contingencies that promote a reward structure that calls for becoming more socially dominant, agreeable, conscientious and less neurotic.” (Roberts et al., 2005, p.174) These, are also the ages that most individuals will begin to choose the path in which they want their life to take. For example, whether they choose to live alone, with a roommate, or a significant other and whether they will stay single or get married. Through a person’s twenties and early thirties they will start to gain more self-esteem through all of the experiences that they have faced in their life. If I were going to write a research paper on the topic of social development, I would use this article that I found on the university library as it is a credible source and provides some strong insight to the development in adulthood. Not only does it explain the stages in which individuals will develop various types of social skills, it

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