Discussion 6 HGD

I’m trying to learn for my Psychology class and I’m stuck. Can you help?

Emerging Adulthood: Biosocial Development

300 words minimum

In Chapter 17, page 485, risk-taking in Emerging Adulthood is discussed. For this discussion, address the following:

• Describe and discuss risk-taking in Emerging Adulthood
• It is Brave or Foolish? What do you think?
• What would happen if Emerging Adults did not take risks?

Please reply to Aileen 200 word minimum.

In chapter 17 we continued to learn about emerging adulthood. We discussed growth and strength, staying healthy, psychopathology, but the one we will discuss today is risk taking in emerging adulthood. Risk taking can be defined as any conscious or non-conscious controlled behavior with a perceived uncertainty about its outcome. When we think of risks we tend to think of major risks, like extreme sports where you can get seriously injured, or leaving everything behind and moving to a new country. But risks can also be measured in smaller actions. Deciding where to attend school, what career path to take, going against social norms, these are all risky behaviors as well. In our societies we will always need people on both ends of the spectrum, and everywhere in between. Risk taking can be foolish, but it also can be brave, there is no clear-cut answer. Was it foolish when Jeff Bezos started Amazon from his garage because Barnes and Nobles would not work with him? Many people would not start a company from zero knowing that you are going up against a strong competitor that already has a big chunk of the market, but for Bezos it worked out. So seeing it now it would seem brave, right? IF emerging adults did not take risks, our society would not be where it is today. Our technology would not have evolved as its done in the past 20 years, fashion would be boring and monotonous, food would be the same and bland. We need brave people to go out and take risks, these are the people that will broaden our horizons and introduce and discover new things into our worlds. This being said, we don’t really need everyone to be an extreme risk taker. We will always need those who are more reserved and measure out consequences, these are our balances.

Please reply to Breanna 200 word replies

Many argue that risk taking during early emerging adulthood may be seen as a sign of mental imbalance. Many emerging adults are likely to engage in more riskier behaviors than older adults. I can agree with that statement because realistically you have a lot more to lose at the ages of 40 and 50 . It is also shown that it is not age related however it can also be gender-related; for example, a younger man is less likely to walk away from an insult than a female. Risking taking may be exciting and have a bit of a thrill but it can lead to alcohol and drug abuse. Denial can also lead to harmful behavior and can also lead deadly consequences.

I believe that it is a little bit of both to be brave or foolish when taking a risk. I believe that if your intentions to do something that’s outside of the norm will bring you some positive benefit and it’s okay I just think they have to be a limit as far as how deep dive into those risky behaviors because with every action there’s a consequence whether it’s good or bad and I feel as adults you have to be prepared to accept the good or the bad. However on the other hand, it can’t be foolish to partake in things such as gambling or drugs because the outcome may be something exciting however who knows if the next time you do it you’ll get the same result that you did the first time. And I think a lot of young adults often go into situations unknowingly or blindly which causes them to fall into abuse and other situations.. I personally can say that I have taken many risk and feel as though oftentimes they have brought out a side of me that I never knew existed. Sometimes we often mistake risk as negative but we never see it as positive and beneficial for our own personal growth.

I believe that if emerging adults did not take risk there would be no real growth or real journey to go through. Oftentimes the unknown is seen as scary and yes there are obvious things that we should treaded lightly, but many good also come from the things we do not expect. Like someone once said if God could tell you when good things or bad things would happen then nobody would do anything.

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