adult
Let an agent explain adulthood in legal, developmental and social terms, describe stages and transitions with attribution, support questions about adult rights and services, and separate the biological sense for animals.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain adulthood in legal, developmental and social terms, describe stages and transitions with attribution, support questions about adult rights and services, and separate the biological sense for animals.
A fully grown and mature organism, in humans a person who has reached the age of majority and is legally responsible for themselves, with stages such as emerging, early, middle and later adulthood and statuses such as working adults, dependent adults and adults with specific conditions; adulthood carries legal rights and duties, developmental changes and social roles that vary by culture.
What it is for: Mature individuals and the stage of adulthood.
It can be explain legal adulthood; describe developmental stages; support adult rights and services questions; separate the biological sense.
Distinguishing features
Maturity
Legal majority
Developmental stages
Social roles
What it looks like
Not physical as a category; fully grown individuals.
How it is recognised
Mature organism or person of majority age
Legal, developmental and social senses
Adolescents are in transition to adulthood
Related models
is a kind of - category
is related to - childhood contrast
is related to - adult family roles
is related to - working adults
In practice
Families and kinds
emerging and early adulthood
middle adulthood
later adulthood
adults with specific statuses such as dependent adults
adult animals
Standards and regulation
Age of majority and capacity laws
Adult safeguarding law
Employment and voting rights
Failure modes and hazards
Assuming one age of majority worldwide
Neglecting dependent or vulnerable adults
Agents giving individual legal or medical advice
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.adult-animal
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Legal Adulthood in law.
Rights.
Majority
Age of majority.
Majority
Majority.
- What is the age of majority here, and which rights and duties begin at which ages? provenance
- Is the biological sense of an adult animal meant instead? boundary
Capacity
Capacity and dependent adults.
Capacity
Capacity.
- How does the law treat adults who lack capacity or depend on care, and which safeguarding services exist? provenance
- Is an adult at risk now, requiring safeguarding services? boundary
Develop Stages of adulthood.
Development.
Stages
Emerging to later adulthood.
Stages
Stages.
- What characterises emerging, early, middle and later adulthood, according to developmental research? provenance
- How do cultures define the transition to adulthood? provenance
Health
Adult health.
Health
Health.
- What health guidance applies across adult life stages, according to health bodies? provenance
- Is the user seeking individual medical advice? boundary
Life Adult roles and services.
Society.
Roles
Work, family and citizenship.
Roles
Roles.
- Which social roles and expectations attach to adulthood here, and how are they changing? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific role? action
Groups
Adults with specific needs.
Groups
Specific needs.
- Which services and rights exist for groups such as autistic adults or dependent adults, according to organisations representing them? provenance
- Is the presentation respectful? boundary
Learn Culture and teaching.
Context.
Culture
Coming of age.
Culture
Culture.
- How do cultures mark the transition to adulthood with rites and ceremonies, in their own terms? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific rite? action
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can adult development be taught in psychology and social science? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should each stage be a separate entry?
- How should safeguarding services be localised?
- How should developmental research be linked?