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23 Cards in this Set
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mccrae and costa's theory that there are three major personality traits, which they feel govern the adult personality
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NEO model of personality
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boredom, self-indulgence, and the inability to contributeto society
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stagnation
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the meaning of the gender are changing and becoming more similar
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gender revolution
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the main goal of this type of marriage is to form and maintain a family
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traditional marriage enterprise
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the law that lets people get divorced without proving some atrocious act by one of the spouces. in leagl language thisis known as an irretrievable break down of a marriage.
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no-falut divorce
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sonetimes a couple learns to "tihstand" each other rather than live witheach other. the only activities and interests that revolved around the children.
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emotional divorce
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levinson's term for the phrase that ususally lasts for five years abd generally extends form 40 to 45.
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mid-life transition
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the ability to recover form highly stressful situations
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resilience
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seyle's term for the body's physiological responses thatrevfert to their condition during the stage of alarm.
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stage of exhaustion
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seyle's tern for the body's reaction that is generally a reversal of the alarm reaction
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stage or resistance
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seyel's tern for a call to arms of the body's defensive forces.
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alarm reaction
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a set of reators that occur in animals in response to all toxic substances , invovles three stages: alarm, resistance, and exhaustion
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general adaptation syndrome
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according to mccrae and costa, ________ , extroversion, and openness to experience are the three traits they found to be stable in middle-aged adult males.
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neuroticism
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mccrae and costa refer to an index of instability or a predisposition for some kind of breakdown stress as _______
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neuroiticism
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in the srudy of college-educated women's personaliity by stewart ostone, it was learned that their confidencen their personal efficacy _________ with age.
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increased
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form his studieson women, levinson stated that the stage of women;s developement are similar to the stages for men, but found three women's themes: _________ _________, the traditional marriage enterprise, and the emerging gender revolution.
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gender splitting
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in his discussion of mid life transition, daniel levinson identifies 4 polarities that are the same of division in the life of middle adult man. these polarities are young/old, destruction/creation, masculinity/femininity, and _____________
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attachment/separation
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trait theorist believe that adults remain basically the same and __________ theorists believe that the adult is constantly changing and evolving.
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stage
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robert sternberg has argued that teh sucess pf the adult's intimate relationships depends on th elevel of compatibilty of the partners' __________.
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love stories
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the janus report indicates that the stereotype that people become less ___________ sexually as they age is not supported by the januses' research.
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active
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cutler claimed that low_________ levels are associated with decreased sexual interest for women .
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estrogen
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new lows were considered to have a _________ effect on women.
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liberating
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one of the most challenging problems facing middle-adult women is that their parents or parents-in-law are now ____________ on them.
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dependent
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