Middle Adulthood Analysis

When does a human being peak in categories like physical fitness and cognitive ability? Middle adulthood in which individuals are usually past their prime is when these inherit abilities start to decline. This interview process I conducted was with a middle aged man who is my father and is currently age 48. He has been married for 25 years and is currently working full-time. He has been a pivotal figure in my life and I have seen him change physically and intelligently over the years. This middle-age interview process gave me insight on topics such as physical abilities, cognitive abilities, and emotional outlook and how these attributes decline over one's life. First of all physical changes that happen during an individual's …show more content…
First question that I asked under this category was does he have any fears now that he didn't earlier in life. He stated that when myself and my younger sister were born is Win fears initially became apparent. The fear for him was always wanting to be able to provide for myself and my sister why also having a steady income in life for himself and my mother. The book also touches on this stating that further adult to get into middle adulthood they quickly learn that the fears that they had will become obsolete. In my father's case he stated that this concurred he now doesn't wrestle with the same fear nearly as much as he did in his younger years. Next topic touched in this interview was if he had any friends 10 years ago that he didn't today. He shared that in his younger years he had a different definition of friendship that consisted of somebody that knew him well but today he sees it as a relationship that should last a lifetime. So speaking in middle adulthood he says he hasn't lost any true friends but he has gained two or three that you believe will be there until the end. During class we discussed that adults typically only have 2 to 3 true friends and in my father's case this was true, he only saw a couple individuals as a lifetime companions. The final question I prompted during the interview process was what brings you the worst pain. He quickly …show more content…
My father seemed to be on pace or above many others in his age category and he hopes to keep going on this pace for as long as possible. Since I interviewed my father and him being such a pivotal person in my life I want to be able to share the same inside with my own child someday. If I did not conduct this interview process with such an invalid so figure like my father, I don't believe I could of obtained such quality information. I will use this abundant information in order to shape my middle adulthood years to be as influential as my fathers