Social Clock: How to Master Your Life’s Timing
Introduction: Defining On-Time Life Events The concept of on-time life events refers to occurrences within the human life span that arise at a common, expected, or predictable chronological age within a specific social or cultural cohort. These events are fundamentally linked to the societal expectations regarding the trajectory of human development, serving as critical markers […]
The Social Clock: Mastering Your Life’s Hidden Timeline
Defining the Social Clock and its Function The social clock is a fundamental concept within developmental psychology, defined as the culturally prescribed set of age-graded expectations for the timing of major life events. It represents the implicit or explicit schedule that dictates when individuals within a specific society are expected to start school, enter the […]