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Psych Chapter 14,15
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Levinson | Developed a view of development containing transition and stable periods. |
| Transition Periods | Times of outward change and taking action. |
| Stable Periods | Times of internal evaluation and decision making. |
| Novice Period | Early adult transition (17-22) |
| Entering the Adult World | Stable (22-28) |
| Age 30 | Transition |
| Developmental Tasks of Novice Phase | 1. Forming a dream. 2. Forming a mentor relationship. 3. Forming an occupation. 4. Forming a marriage and family. |
| Erikson Stage 6 ==> Intimacy VS. Isolation | Significant other: partner. Conflict: Can I make a commitment? |
| Yes... | Make yourself vulnerable, act nonselfishly, yet maintain self-esteem. Virtue: love |
| No... | Superficial relationships, fear of intimacy, feel incomplete. |
| Sternberg | Triangular theory of love |
| Intimacy: Emotional | Involves self-disclosure, warmth, and trust |
| Passion: Motivation | Inner needs and sexual desire. Attraction==> Shared bond because extremely passionate about something. |
| Commitment: Cognitive/Thinking | Decision to love and to stay with that person. |
| Liking | Intimacy only. Just good friends. |
| Infatuation | Passion only. Strong physical attraction. |
| Empty Love | Commitment only. |
| Romantic Love | Intimacy and passion. Very involved but no commitment. |
| Companionate Love | Intimacy and commitment. Long term friendship when attraction is less important. |
| Fatuous Love | Passion and commitment. Quick commitments made on passion. Usually don't last long. |
| Consummate Love | All 3 present. Difficult to hold onto throughout relationship. |
| Lifestyle Choices | 1. Choose to avoid romantic relationships. 2. Choose to live with romantic partner. 3. Marriage research. 4. May not become a parent. 5. Many ways to become a parent. |
| POSSLQ (Census) | Person's of the Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters |
| Cohabitation | Choosing to live with a romantic partner before marriage. |
| Divorce Effect | Those who live together prior to marriage are more likely to divorce. |
| Marriage Research: Who We Tend to Marry | 1. Proximity, 2. Similarity, 3. Complementary, 4. Attractiveness, 5. Compatibility, 6. Reciprocity |
| Correlates of a happy stable marriage... | High levels of education, family economic resources, both in their 20's at the time of marriage, no premarital pregnancies, having parents who are happily married, good conflict resolution skills, sexual satisfaction, positive behavior towards each other. |
| Childless | Involuntary |
| Childfree | Voluntary |
| Successful Intelligence | Sternberg: Follow your strengths work on your weaknesses. |
| Realistic Personality Type | Prefer concrete practical problems, tasks requiring physical strength, not social |
| Intellectual Personality Type | Prefer to think through problems rather than act on solutions, oriented towards theoretical and abstract, not good with other people |
| Social Personality Type | Humanistic, religious, helping, service oriented, need for attention, good verbal and interpersonal skills, prefers to rely on emotions. |
| Conventional Personality Type | Structure verbal and numerical activities, comfortable in nonleadership positions. |
| Enterprising Personality Type | Skills for selling, dominating, leading, risk takers, take charge personalities, overwhelming, avoid long periods of intellectual effort. |
| Artistic Personality Type | Tend to avoid structure, not social, prefer self-expression. |
| Menopause | Achieved after 1 year without a period (average age 51 years) |
| Perimenopausal Symptoms | Premenopausal Symptoms |
| Premenopausal Symptoms | Don't produce as much estrogen anymore, menstruate irregularly, hot flashes, osteoporosis |
| Male Climacteric | Male menopause |
| Male Menopause | Begins in 50's, gradual decrease in testosterone and sperm, enlarged prostate gland, erectile dysfunction |
| Fluid Intelligence | Ability to process new information. Dependent on neurological development. Increases to young adulthood, then gradual decline. |
| Processes | Perceiving relations, forming concepts, reasoning, abstracting. |
| Crystallized Intelligence | Depends on stored information. Processes that have become automatic., memory, general info, cultural info. Increases into old age then stabilizes. |
| Characteristics of Creative Geniuses. (1-4)They... | 1. Work slowly to master the knowledge and skills they need. 2. Constantly visualize ideas. 3. Are goal directed. 4. Have networks of enterprises. |
| Characteristics of Creative Geniuses. (5-9) They... | 5. Are able to set aside problems when there is too little info and go to the next item. 6. Are daring. 7. Collaborate and discuss ideas with peers. 8. Enjoy studying other people's ideas. 9. Through hard work, transform themselves. |
| Homogamy | The tendancy to marry someone who is similar in age, race education, and other basic demographic characteristics. |
| Marriage Gradient | The tendancy for men to marry women who are slightly younger, smaller, and lower in status and women to marry men who are slightly older, larger, and higher in status. |
| Median Age for Marriage (U.S.) | Men==> 27 Women ==> 25 |
| Osteoporosis | A condition in which the bones become brittle, fragile, and thing often brought on by a lack of calcium in the diet. |
| Presbyopia | A nearly universal change in eyesight during middle adulthood that results in some loss of near vision. |
| Glaucoma | A condition in which pressure in the fluid of the eye increases, either because the fluid cannot drain properly or because too much fluid is produced |
| Presbycusis | Loss of the ablity to hear sounds of high frequency. |
| Type A Personality | Behavior characterized by competitiveness, impatience, and a tendancy toward frustration and hostility. |
| Type B Personality | Behavior characterized by noncompetitiveness, patience, and lack of aggression. |
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