Psychology: Ch 16

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Erikson's stage in middle adulthood is

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generativity vs stagnation

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Levinson's four stages are:

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young-old, destruction-creation, masculinity-femininity, engagement-separateness

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what stage: middle age person must seek ways of being both young and old.

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young-old

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what stage: focuses on ways he or she has acted destructively, and has a desire to become creative

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destruction-creation

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what stage: must comes to term with masculine and feminine parts of the self, creating a better balance

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masculinity-femininity

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what stage: must create a better balance between engagement with the external world and separateness

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engagement-separateness

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last child leaves house, moms devasted

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empty nest syndrome

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_______ are more likely than ____ to perceive themselves as younger than their chronological age

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women
men

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are self-doubt and stress especially great during the 40s and do they prompt major restructing of the personality

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midlife crisis

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changes for ____ are more likely to occur earilier then ____

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men
women

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Vaillant saw changes to be:

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slow and steady

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future orientated representations of what one hopes to become and what one is afraid of becoming, possible selves are the temporal dimension of self-concept what the individual is striving for and attempting to avoid

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possible selves

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3 traits that increased from early adulthood to middle hood and then leveled off are:

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self-acceptance
autonomy
enviornmental mastery

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across middle age an increase in ______ traits for women and _____ traits for men

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masculine
feminine

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holds that identification with traditional gender roles is maintained during the active parenting years to help ensure the survival of children. men become more ______ while women emphasize ______

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parental imperative theory
goal-orientated
nurturance

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what are the big 5 personality traits

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neuroticism, extroversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, conscientiousness

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this personality trait is worrying, temperamental, self-pitying, self-conscious

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neuroticism

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this personality trait is affectionate, talkative, active, fun-loving, and passionate

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extroversion

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this personality trait is imaginative, creative, original, curious, and liberal

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openness to experience

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this personality trait is soft hearted, trusting, generous, lenient, good natured

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agreeableness

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this personality trait is conscientious, hardworking, well-organized, punctual, ambitious, and perserving

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conscientiousness

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having a good marriage gives you a _____ psychological well-being

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good

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trend in which women who support themselves or their families have become the majority of the adult pop. living in poverty

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feminization of poverty

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gathering the family for celebration and making sure everyone stays in touch

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kinkeeper

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children that are taken care of by their grandparents but apart from parents

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skipped-generation families

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widely used to refer to the idea that middle aged adults must care for multiple generations abouve and below them at the same time

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sandwich generation

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number of friends ____ with age

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decline

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job satisfaction ______ in midlife at all occupational levels

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increases

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condition in which long-term job stress leads to mental exhaustion

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burnout

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women and ethnic groups face invisible barrier to advancement up the corporate ladder

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glass ceiling