EDHD 320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Involuntary Unemployment, Midlife Crisis, Glass Ceiling
9 May 2018
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Lecture 16
Self-Development: Midlife Crisis?
- Carl Jung credited with coining the term of mid-life crisis
o Described as a time of feeling confusion and turmoil; meaninglessness; fear of
aging/death
- Research has failed to find consistent evidence of a midlife crisis
o There are other ways to explain
o Just like terrible twos—should’t look at it like this
o Come from expecting it
o Turig 0 ad 0s does’t necessitate a crisis
▪ Self-fulfilling prophecy—might look for ways to explain it
▪ Justifies actions
- Negative life events can occur but not specific to middle adulthood
- Not cross culturally valid
o Do’t fid it aross the oard
Self-Development: Theoretical Perspective- ERIKSON
- Stage 7 (45-65): Generativity vs Stagnation
o A person does best at this time to put aside thoughts of death and balance its
certainty with the only happiness that is lasting: to increase, by whatever is yours
to give, the goodwill and higher order in your sector of the world
o More selfless vs more selfish
o Should generate and give to others: to leave a mark on the world
- Generativity
o The motivation to contribute to the wellbeing of future generations
▪ How?
• Parenting, grand parenting, mentorships/leadership, tutoring
• In different facets of the world
- Cultural variations
o Developing countries
▪ Achieve via commitment to interdependent relations (economic and
social support)
o Ethnic differences: African Americans are more generative than White
▪ More of a cultural norm in AA population to give back and religious
practices
- If not generativity—you will feel emptiness because all you are doing is caring about
yourself
o Thinking about generations
Self-Development: Self-Concept
- Overall, time of stability in emotions and increase in contentment with self
- Self-Development Peaks
o Self-acceptance favorable
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Document Summary
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