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Psyc 200 - chpt 22
Adulthood: Psychosocial Development
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Adults seems to check their developmental timing using this, a timetable based on social norms which set "best" ages for men or women to finish school, marry, establish a career or have children. It guides adult social expectations for behavior. | The social clock |
| A period of unusual anxiety, radical reexamination, and sudden transformation that is widely associated with middle age but which actually has more to do with development than chronological age. | Midlife crisis |
| 5 basic clusters of personality traits that remain quite stable throughout adulthood: openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, neuroticism | The Big five |
| Why personality is stable from age 30-50. The particular lifestyle and social context that adults settle into because that setting is compatible with their individual personality needs and interests | Ecological niche |
| Tendency for man and women to become more similar as they move through middle age. | Gender convergence |
| Each person has this, a group of people who "provide a protective layer of social relations to guide, encourage, and socialize individuals as they go through life." Can include family, friends even strangers | Social convoy |
| very traits that make them reliable fellow travelers through life. Usually about the same age w/ similar experiences and values, src of help/advice when srs prblms arise. | Friends (social convoy) |
| Total, combined burden of stress and disease that an individual must cope with which can increase risk of major disease, premature aging, and death. Age and gender affect how it is dealt with. | Allostatic load |
| Relating to allostatic load, younger adults tend to be more ______-focused, attacking the issue directly. | Problem-focused |
| Relating to allostatic load, older adults tend to be more ______-focused, changing their thinking and their feelings, not problem itself | Emotion-focused |
| Family members are an important part of the social convoy and tend to have these, in which each person's triumphs and tragedies are shared by everyone | Linked lives |
| A group of people who live in the same dwelling, not to be confused with a family. | Household |
| The idea that family members should support one another because family unity is more important than individual freedom and success. | Familism |
| Someone who becomes accepted as a part of a family to which he/she has no blood relation. Usually brought into the family by a peer considering them to be like bro/sis, gradually accepted by rest of the family. | Fictive kin |
| A time in the lives of parents when their grown children leave the family home to pursue their own lives. Often a happy time for married couple who can spend time together again. | Empty nest |
| The person who takes primary responsibility for celebrating family achievements, gathering the family together, and keeping in touch with family members who don't live nearby. The person who encourages intergenerational caregiving. | Kinkeeper |
| Generations of mid-aged people who are supposedly "squeezed" by needs of younger & older gens. Some adults feel pressured by these obligations but most are not burdened by them | Sandwich generation |
| The tangible rewards of work usually in the form of compensation i.e. salary, health benefits, pension, not connected with actual job. Young adults tend to look for work that has high extrinsic rewards. | Extrinsic rewards of work |
| The intangible benefits one recieves from a job (i.e. job satisfaction, self-esteem, pride, friendship. These become more important as an individual ages, explaining lower rates of absenteeism& less job change among older workers. | Intrinsic rewards of work |
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