PSYCH 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Longitudinal Study, Life Satisfaction, Social Preferences
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The social convoy: the social convoy refers to a model of changes , metaphor of a person traveling through life in the middle of a convoy of ships. Serentiy and contentment: associated with psychosocial maturity. Feel many decisions were wrong, but now time is too short: bitter & unable to accept coming death, expressed as anger & contempt for others. The life review: a form of reminiscence is the life review a person recalls, reflects upon, and reconsiders meaning of past experiences. Such reminiscences are associated with higher self-esteem, improved life satisfaction, & lower levels of depression in the elderly. The social convoy: the social convoy refers to a model of changes in our social networks as we move through life, metaphor of a person traveling through life in the middle of a convoy of ships. The paradox: research reveals that the size of social networks & amount of social interaction.
