Question

Javier is 20 years old and still very dependent on his parents. They are paying for his college tuition as well as his living expenses. He spends his school holidays at home with them. He is in the phase of life known as:

A. adolescence.
B. the formal operational stage.
C. emerging adulthood.
D. second childhood.

Answer 1

Answer:

He is in the phase of life known as C. emerging adulthood.

Explanation:

Emerging adulthood is that stage in life between adolescence and young adult. The individual is starting to have more characteristics of an adult stage as well as adolescent ones.

There are 5 characteristics of this stage:

• Identity exploration
• Instability
• Sense of lots of possibilities about the future
• Self-focus
• Feeling in-between both stages

In this case, Javier is 20 years old so he is between the adolescent and adulthood stage. He is still dependent on his parents but is able to explore his identity further as well as self-focus, for example.