PSYC 3402 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Agreeableness, Biome, Midlife Crisis
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Generativity: adults" desire to leave legacies of themselves to the next generation biological: adults have offspring parental: adults nurture and guide children. Stagnation: individuals sense that they"ve done nothing for the next generation. Levinson"s seasons of a man"s life at the end of teenage years, a transition from dependence to independence should occur. Marked by the formation of a dream twenties: novice phase of adult development. 28-33: transition period where a man must face the more serious question of determining his goals. Middle-aged adult is suspended between the past and the future (levinson) Vaillant: only a minority of adults experience a midlife crisis forties are a decade of reassessing and recording the truth about one"s adolescence and adulthood. Middle age is a time when a person"s sense of control is frequently challenged by many demands and responsibilities less attention is given to self-pursuits and more is given to responsibility for others.