There is this branch of Psychology that studies how people changes or develop intellectually, socially and emotionaly throughout their lifespan and this branch is known as the Developmental psychology. The people in this field of study are known as the developmentalists or developmental psychologists.
At every stages of human lives there awaits new challenges to overcome. This is the case of young adults as the way they think now differs from the ways they were thinking before getting to the working stage of their lives. Here, there is no more living in fantasies because reality had already set in. Young adults faces new challenges at work place and outside their various workplaces.
Some developmentalists propose that the thinking of young adults changes when they enter the world of work, since they have to face the constraints of reality.
Develop-mentalists study the human growth and development, cognitive, social, intellectual,perceptual and economic growth that occurs throughout the entire lifespan. some of the developmentalists are of the opinion that young adult who just enter the work force will find life's reality which is quite different from the ones they experience during childhood and adolescent stage. Working brings new challenges that they might not be familiar with since they have to face the constraints of reality