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generativity
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to pass on learning and share skills with younger generations
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intimacy
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relationships with others
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isolation
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detached from others
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midlife transition
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images of significant others change, recognition that they are getting older, visualizing their own aging is difficult, may feel panicky
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List Havighurst's developmental tasks for early and middle adulthood.
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Early adulthood (20-40 years of age): select a mate; learn to live with a mate; start a family; raise children; manage a home; begin occupation; involve self in civic and religious group activities; form social groups.
Middle adulthood (40-65 years of age): assist children to become responsible adults; achieve social and civic responsibility; attain satisfying career; develop leisure activities and hobbies appropriate to age; strengthen relationship with partner; accept and adjust to physical status of middle age; deal with and assist aging parents. |
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Describe Erikson's theory of psychosocial development as it applies to young and middle adults.
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Early adulthood: people confront choices about their occupation, education, relationships, living environment, and independence. Young adults work hard to achieve financial and emotional independence from their families of origin. Begin to establish life goals and values, although attitudes may change later in life. Intimacy vs. isolation is the challenge of this stage. Choose to establish relationships or to remain detached. ?Enter a serious relationship or remain single? ?Work in a people-oriented occupation or in a quieter occupation?
Middle Adulthood: As we get older, many changes to our lifestyle start to happen. Children leave home. Plans for retirement must be considered, body processes change, physical abilities start to slow down and decline. Generativity vs. stagnation is the challenge. Choices include: climbing the corporate ladder or developing the intellectual self; spending time with a significant other or pursuing solitary interests; learning new activities or participating in |
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Compare Levinson's "individual life structure" with the theories of Havighurst and Erikson.
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Levinson theorizes that the interaction of three components forms life's patterns:
self (values and motives) social and cultural aspects set of roles in which the individual is involved When something changes in one of these components, a reorganization of the whole life structure occurs. |
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State Sheehy's "phases of adulthood."
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18-22, early adult transition: adult choices; establishment of adult identity; career choice; intimate relationships; personal goals
22-28, getting into the adult world; transitions: balance of choices 28-33, 30's transition, Transitions: possible change of lifestyle; marriage/partnership; divorce; change of career 33-39, settling down, Transition: balance of choices 40-45, midlife transition, Transitions: reappraisal of goals and values; self-identity; renegotiation of relationships; change of perspectives 45-65, payoff years, Transitions: balance of choices |
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Discuss the implications of life choices made during early adulthood
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Leaving home, choosing a career, establishing an adult identification: seeking oneself, establishing adult relationships, starting a family, reappraising commitments
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Examine one aspect of life (e.g., vocation, intimate relationships) and apply it across middle adulthood.
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Sometimes adults feel panicky. They may belief other people have achieved more and may feel frustrated and unfulfilled. Midlife crisis. Can involve a sense of failure in a chosen profession, feelings of sexual inadequacy, fear of inevitable death, frustration with aging parents or grown children. Some feel an incredible desire to escape.
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