PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Heredity, Midlife Crisis

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

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Identity formation: who am i, acquire self-certainty, self-esteem, develop comfortable sexual identity, make plans for future career where am i going in life, differentiate between legitimate and random authority, make an ideological commitment (find set of values) Personality development: self-esteem tends to increase slowly from early adulthood through middle age, peaking at about age 60, women shore slightly lower in self-esteem, personality in adulthood is characterized by both stability and change. Despair late adulthood: a(cid:448)oid the te(cid:374)de(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:455) to d(cid:449)ell o(cid:374) (cid:373)istakes of the past a(cid:374)d o(cid:374)e"s up(cid:272)o(cid:373)i(cid:374)g death, find meaning and satisfaction in their lives rather than wallow in bitterness and resentment. Family life cycle: sequences of stages that families tend to progress through. Shifting social trends are altering the traditional family cycle. Typical family husband and wife with kid, husband is the breadwinner and wife at home not very common now. Young adults postponing marriage until late 20-earl(cid:455) 30"s % rising dramatically.