cohort, gender, ethnicity, culture and socioeconomic status affect the life course by...
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influencing the expectations and trajectory of life decisions.
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Adam is 42 years old and in the midst of his midlife transition. According to Jung's analysis of midlife, Adam needs to accomplish 2 important tasks for a successful transition:
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to give up the image of youth and acknowledge one's eventual death.
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According to Jung, during the midlife transition, men and women...
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turn inward to express previously suppressed aspects of personality.
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According to Erikson, middle-aged adults are involved in the crisis of...
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generativity vs. stagnation.
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According to Erikson, generativity can take the form of...
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fostering the development of the young.
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Melinda who is in her mid 40s owns a successful computer co. recently, she has taken on a 14 year old girl as an intern in order to "show her the ropes" of running a business. According to Erikson, Melinda is demonstrating...
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generativity.
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According to Erikson, the virtue of mid adulthood is...
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care
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It can be inferred from Erikson that achieving generativity is..
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not easy for childless people
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Norm and edna are in their late 40s and childless. According to Erikson, this couple may have problems...
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achieving generativity.
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According to the text, generativity can be expressed in the middle years through....
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creativity.
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Levinson felt that men become more concerned with ______ during mid adulthood
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relationships.
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According to both Erikson and Vaillant, more than 1/2 of the people they studied who had entered their 50s...
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often took responsibility for others.
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Both Vaillant and Jung reported...
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a lessoning of gender differentiation at midlife and a tendency for men to become more nurturing and expressive
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Among the Gusii of Kenya...
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expectations about stages of life are very different from those in the U.S.
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In Gusii society transitions in social status depend on...
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life events
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In Gusii society, a "midlife crisis" is..
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apparently similar to one in our society, involving reassessment of life and future performance.
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In the timing of events model personality development is dependent on..
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significant life events that occur at different times for different people.
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Most research has cast doubt on the idea that middle age brings about ____ as a source of psychological disturbance
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a midlife crisis
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Travis is 44 years old and is worrying about his lost youth, his changing appearance, his unfulfilled dreams and her future. Jacques would describe Travis' emotional state as...
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a midlife crisis
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the midlife crisis is brought on by an individual's awareness of his/her...
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inability to fulfill the dreams of their youth.
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A psychological turning point that often yields new insights into the self and corrects life's design and trajectory is called...
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midlife review
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an attempt to fit a new experience into an existing schema is identity...
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assimilation
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identity has been described as the accumulated perceptions of the self, both conscious and unconscious. This means that...
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self-perceptions are confirmed/denied throughout a person's lifetime and adjustments are made to this view
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Highly generative adults tend to construct...
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generativity scripts
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according to narrative psychology, life-story reviews with middle age adults often reflect their...
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personalities
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based on almost all measures of generativity in middle adulthood...
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women reported higher levels of generativity than men.
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studies from the 1960s-80s found that compared with younger men, men in middle age were...
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more open about their feelings
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as children move away from home, Gutmann identified a reversal of life roles called gender....
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crossover
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In a study of Mills College female alumni, participants at midlife demonstrated that they...
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had developed greater confidence and security.
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positive mental health involves a sense of psychological well-being, which depends upon having a...
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healthy sense of self
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in cross-sectional studies, the midlife period is characterized by...
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increases in environmental mastery
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ethnic conservatism refers to...
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the tendency of immigrants to reject assimilation to the majority culture.
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which age group has the largest number of people in its social convoy?
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middle adulthood
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according to Carstensen's socioemotional selective theory, people's goals for social interaction include....
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finding sources of info
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middle aged women seem to be susceptible to depression and other mental health problems as a result of....
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vicarious stress
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some research suggests that marital satisfaction over a lifetime appears to follow a U-shaped curve; this means that....
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satisfaction is highest in the early years of a marriage and then again in the late adulthood.
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research findings of marital satisfaction in the later years of long term marriages may in part be due to the fact that...
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older samples do not include couples that have already gotten divorced
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Margo, who is in her early 20s, is about to marry. If current literature is correct, when might she expect the most stress and unhappiness in her marriage?
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during childrearing years.
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in a longterm marriage, positive aspects of the relationship, such as discussion cooperation and shared laughter tend to...
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follow a U-shaped curve
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Who is likely to find divorce most traumatic?
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middle aged women
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cohabitating middle-aged men seem to feel more depressed then married men because they....
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still feel divorced and single
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married couples are likely to have the most marital satisfaction....
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after the last child leaves the house
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edna and roderick have been married for 25 years. they have built up their financial resources, and their emotional bond has grown over the years. according to the text, edna and roderick have considerable...
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marital capital
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middle aged people show the most adaptability in the face of separation or divorce b/c they...
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have greater maturity and expertise in handling problems.
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like many other women who get divorced in middle age, Linda reported less depression and hostility but....
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had more problems with financial security
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gay men who do not come out until midlife often go through a prolonged search for..
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identity
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homosexuals who don't come out until middle age may affect other aspects of their development, such as..
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difficulty establishing gay relationships.
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friendships are most important for women in....
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early middle age
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some women find the time when their adolescent children leave home difficult but they are outnumbered by other mothers who...
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find the departure of kids liberating
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the empty nest is a transition stage. Elaine like many other women who used the role of motherhood to define themselves must...
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redefine her relationship with her spouse
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