PSYCH 3AG3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Puberty, Everytime, Androgyny
16 Sep 2014
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Negative goes contrast in how adults process new information. Mcadams: life story: narrative, characters: creating image that we want to put it to our world. Whitboune: life span construct: scenario-game plan, social clock-timeline of the scenario, life story- autobiography: holds it all together. The developmental task of adulthood (table in textbook) Middle adulthood is a lot of adjusting. A lot of changes and readjustment that needs to take place. Increasing androgyny in middle adulthood: as reproduction come to close: the differentiation in gender no longer serves purpose. Puberty will bring the increase differentiation: reproduction. Lots of variability in how people cope with different situation: disintegrated and disorganized. Lack of acceptance (eg. late adult dress up like young adult, or need hearing device but refuse to have one: passive-dependent. Fearful of future infirmity (eg. someone whos really focus on maintaining their health to prevent future declines: defended. Fight aging, act young (eg. actively fighting against aging process.
