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After the social construct of adolescence was created, adulthood split into two forms: biological adulthood and social adulthood. Thus, there are now two primary forms of adults: biological adults (people who have attained reproductive ability, are fertile, or who evidence secondary sex characteristics) and social adults (people who are recognized by their culture or law as being adults). Depending on the context, adult can indicate either definition. Another aspect of adulthood that is relatively new is psychological functioning. According to Jeffrey Arnett, adults can make financial decisions on their own, are financially independent, and are able to make difficult life decisions on their own.

I am going to delete this whole paragraph because I cannot anything that talks about these two different types of adulthood. If someone can find something that talks about Biological and social adulthood then please add it and fix what I deleted but I cannot find anything and I feel that other have not been able to find anything and the article would benefit from not having this in here.

Adulthood, in more recent years, as it has been studied has developed a characteristic list that goes far beyond just ones physical maturity. These markers for a fully, mentally developed adult consists of being able to take on personal responsibility for all aspects of life.