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6 Cards in this Set
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Chronological vs Psychological age |
Actual age versus how old we feel.
-when you feel middle aged differs between people and depends on how you feel. -Also influenced by physiological changes and how we cope with them. |
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Stage Specific Anxiety (Middle Adulthood) |
Mid life polarities (4)
Tension on how we used to live and how we plan to live. |
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Polarity 1 (Young vs Old) |
How we cope with no longer being as young.
Behavioral Slowing: No longer as quick/strong/smart as you used to be
>Women go through menopause and other hormone shifts that mark older age
>Men lose muscle tone gain fat etc |
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Polarity 2 (Masculine vs Feminine) |
Awareness of how you've lived you're whole life as either a "man" or "woman".
Gender Convergence: Men move towards feminism women move towards masclunity.
>Women realizes maybe she wan'ts to do more than mother, wants a career. >Man realizes he's worked too long and wants to spend time with family. |
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Polarity 3 (Attachment & Separation) |
Attachment: Should I keep doing what I've been doing? Separation: Should I reclaim my right to define myself?
Divorces increase due to this, but it is NOT the leading time for divorces, just an increase. (Leading time is 2 or 3 years after marriage) |
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Polarity 4 (Generation vs Stagnation) |
Worrying about future generations |
