PSYCH 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Midlife Crisis, Conscientiousness, Extraversion And Introversion
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Reaching out to others in ways that give to and guide the next generation. But other family, work, mentoring relationships also generative. Place own comfort and security above challenge and sacrifice. Lack of involvement or concern for young people. Little interest in work productivity or self-improvement. Social clock - age graded expectations for major life events (e. g. , first job, marriage, etc. ) Being on-time or off-time affects self-esteem and psychological well- being. Findings from the literature (vandewater & stewart, 1997) The study: examined impact of social clocks in college women born in the. A feminine social clock = responsible, self-controlled, & caring, but lower self-esteem over time. A masculine social clock = dominant, sociable & independent over time. Women not on a social clock -- neither married or a career by 30 -- were doing especially poorly. The big five (ocean) refer to the five basic clusters of personality traits that remain quite stable throughout adulthood.
