Middle Adulthood Emotional Development PDF

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Talks about the "seasons of life by Daniel Levinson", job satisfaction, and midlife crisis....

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Week 10 Lecture Erik Erikson’s Theory of Psychosocial Development -

Believed major psychosocial challenge of the middle years is generativity vs. stagnation. Generativity ability to generate or produce; based on instinctual drive to leave something of meaning behind for future generations. Stagnation rejection of generativity.

Daniel Levinson’s Seasons -

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People categorized by race, gender, and age. Ageism includes all prejudices that are based on age; first wave of baby boomers have reached retirement age; by 2030, population older than 65 will have doubled. Social clock guides our judgment regarding the “appropriateness” of certain behaviours, life events, and trajectories. Midlife transition the years from 40-45; psychological shift into middle adulthood often accompanied by a crisis during which people fear they have more to look back upon than forward to. Midlife crisis time of dramatic self-doubt and anxiety during which people sense the passing of their youth and become preoccupied with concern about the imminence of their own mortality; menopause, death of parent, divorce, or a child’s leaving home could all cause crisis.

Stability and Change in Middle Adulthood -

McCrae and Costa have 5 basic factors of personality (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness to experience). These personality traits define North American, German, Portuguese, Hebrew, Chinese, and Japanese people. Factors are related to individual temperaments.

Are There Sudden Shifts in Personality? -

Neuroticism declines over time. Agreeableness and conscientiousness increase over time. Extraversion and openness to new experience declines slightly over time.

Job Satisfaction -

Most people are satisfied with their job, especially Canadians, and people in Denmark and Norway. Job satisfaction increases throughout adulthood....