In order to better understand the nature of middle adulthood I chose to interview Joy, whom is my mother-in-law. Currently, she is in the middle adulthood development at 63 years old and is a retired Registered Nurse, who served over 40 years in the workforce. She is married to her husband Richard and has three children, Jolene, Adam, and Aaron. Joy has four grandchildren from her daughter Jolene, who live in Oregon. Joy has been a mother to me, and I hope to be like her one day.
Physical Development
Middle adulthood has several factors that occur during this stage of development. One factor that some middle adulthood individuals face is the outlook on how an individual should look physical appearance (LO 8.1). According to Joy, she is impacted …show more content…
There are two types of intelligence such as: fluid and crystallized. Fluid intelligence is where an individual reflects information processing capabilities, reasoning and memory. For example, a person memorizes a set of numbers (LO8.7). While, crystallized intelligence is where an individual has accumulated knowledge through experience and use it to solve problems (LO8.7). According to Joy, she feels that her crystallized intelligence is strong than her fluid intelligence because when she was a nurse, she would use her experience to analyze problems. Also, she keeps it up to date by doing crossword puzzles in her free time. Joy would be considered an expertise, who is an individual who uses her skills and knowledge in a particular area (LO 8.8).
Another change in the middle adulthood is memory. There are ways to increase memory which is called mnemories, which is formal strategies for organizing material in way that make it easier to remember information (LO8.10). Joy utilizes visualize images, by seeing objects or faces to recall an event or name. She also feels there has been a decline in her memory because she is retired and not having to us it as …show more content…
This is when individuals are faced with empty nest syndrome. It causes unhappiness, loneliness, and worry feeling because their children moved out of the house (LO 8.12). Joy felt this when her son left the house to join the Airforce, because he had just turned 18 and she was not ready for him to leave. However, in today’s society it is too expensive to live by oneself, so children tend to come back home. This is called the boomerang children (LO 8.14). Joy has had both of her boys come back, but she was happy. In her Filipino culture, having family close is important to them. Individuals in the middle adulthood face being the ones to support both parents and children. This is referred to as sandwich generation, where being in the middle age that has children to help support and parents that need assistance (LO 8.12). However, this is not the case with Joy because her parents died at an early age. Moreover, she does help support all of her children to make sure they have a happy
Physical Development
Middle adulthood has several factors that occur during this stage of development. One factor that some middle adulthood individuals face is the outlook on how an individual should look physical appearance (LO 8.1). According to Joy, she is impacted …show more content…
There are two types of intelligence such as: fluid and crystallized. Fluid intelligence is where an individual reflects information processing capabilities, reasoning and memory. For example, a person memorizes a set of numbers (LO8.7). While, crystallized intelligence is where an individual has accumulated knowledge through experience and use it to solve problems (LO8.7). According to Joy, she feels that her crystallized intelligence is strong than her fluid intelligence because when she was a nurse, she would use her experience to analyze problems. Also, she keeps it up to date by doing crossword puzzles in her free time. Joy would be considered an expertise, who is an individual who uses her skills and knowledge in a particular area (LO 8.8).
Another change in the middle adulthood is memory. There are ways to increase memory which is called mnemories, which is formal strategies for organizing material in way that make it easier to remember information (LO8.10). Joy utilizes visualize images, by seeing objects or faces to recall an event or name. She also feels there has been a decline in her memory because she is retired and not having to us it as …show more content…
This is when individuals are faced with empty nest syndrome. It causes unhappiness, loneliness, and worry feeling because their children moved out of the house (LO 8.12). Joy felt this when her son left the house to join the Airforce, because he had just turned 18 and she was not ready for him to leave. However, in today’s society it is too expensive to live by oneself, so children tend to come back home. This is called the boomerang children (LO 8.14). Joy has had both of her boys come back, but she was happy. In her Filipino culture, having family close is important to them. Individuals in the middle adulthood face being the ones to support both parents and children. This is referred to as sandwich generation, where being in the middle age that has children to help support and parents that need assistance (LO 8.12). However, this is not the case with Joy because her parents died at an early age. Moreover, she does help support all of her children to make sure they have a happy