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L&M Chapter 16
Social and Personality Development in Middle Adulthood
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In Western Society, turning ___ years old represents an important milestone | 40 |
| Normative-Crisis Models | The approach to personality development that is based on fairly universal stages tied to a sequence of age-related crises (move through fixed stages and crises) |
| Life Events Model | The approach to personality development that is based on the timing of particular events in an adult's life rather than on age per se. For example- 21 year old having a child, like a 40 year old who just had a child |
| Generativity-Versus-Stagnation Stage | According to ERIKSON, the stage during middle adulthood in which people consider their contributions to family and society. |
| Midlife Crisis | A stage of uncertainty and indecision brought about by the realization that life is infinite. |
| How prevalent is the midlife crisis? | It does occur, but not to everyone. |
| Big Five Personality Traits and trends over time: | (OCEAN) Neuroticism (w-decreases; m-same), Extroversion (w-decreases; m-increases SLIGHTLY), Openness (decreases), Agreeableness (increases), Conscientiousness (increases) |
| How does happiness change over life? | Happiness stays stable over most lives, even when something like "winning the lottery" happens. |
| The overall divorce rate has ______ (increased or decreased) in the last two decades? | Decreased |
| Prevalence of divorce among couples during midlife is _________ (increasing or decreasing). | Increasing |
| Empty Nest Syndrome | The experience that relates to parents' feelings of unhappiness, worry, loneliness, and depression resulting from their children's departure from home. |
| Boomerang Children | Young adults who return, after leaving home for some period, to live in the homes of their middle-aged parents. |
| Sandwich Generation | Couples who in middle adulthood must fulfill the needs of both their children and their aging parents. |
| Cycle of Violence Hypothesis | The theory that abuse and neglect of children leads them to be predisposed to abusiveness as adults. NOT ALWAYS TRUE- 2/3 do not abuse their children. |
| Burnout | A situation that occurs when workers experience dissatisfaction, disillusionment, frustration, and weariness from the job |
| Generativity | Guiding and encouraging future generations |
| Stagnation | People focus on the triviality of their life and feel that they have only made a limited contribution to the world |
| Alternate Approach to Stagnation | Keep the meaning vs. rigidity- ages 45-55- Strive to give meaning to life, and accept other's strengths and weaknesses |
| Gould's Transformations in Adult Development: 7 Stages | Associated with age periods outlining desires and goals of general age group. |
| Levinson's Seasons of Life | Early 40's: Time of questioning-midlife transition First signs of aging occur Doubt value of accomplishments Understand that they are unable to accomplish all their aims before they die |
| 1 in __ women will get divorced after the age of 40 | 8 |
| ___ to ___% of divorced people eventually remarry within 2-5 years | 75-80% |
| What percentage of college graduates have student loans with at least an average of $10,000. | 50% |
| 3 Styles of Grandparenting | Involved, Companionate, Remote |
| Every time the unemployment rate goes up __% there is a ___% rise in suicide and also a rise in admissions to psychiatric hospitals | 1%, 4% |
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