PS287 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Ageism, Maureen Dowd, Suzanne Somers
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What to expect this week: gender and age. Theme: age adds another dimension to gender differences: personality development, health, social roles (family, work) Gender, adult development, and aging: gender and personality, gender and aging mind, body, gendered social roles. Focuses on aspects of psychological aging that may differ both within and between genders: e. g. , differences in hormonal and social construction changes at menopause vs. andropause. Men and women equally gendered, but psych research tends to focus on women. Erik erikson: first to develop a truly lifespan theory of personality development. Eight stages represent the eight great struggles that he believed people must undergo. Each struggle has a certain time of ascendancy. The epigenetic principle each struggle must be resolved to continue development. Four adult stages: identity, intimacy, generativity, ego integrity. Criticized as being old-fashioned, focused on men"s experience. Identity formation: exploration of one"s own interests, values, talents within a social context.
