CDE 232 Study Guide - Final Guide: Job Satisfaction, Homicide, Midlife Crisis
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Physical & cognitive development in midlife (chapter 15 and lecture) When does midlife begin and end: chronological age. About half of 60-75 olds think there in midlife: change in average life expectancy in last century (+30, textbook: years) Begin 40 and end 60 to 65 years old. Focus more on decreases in physical functioning. What sort of temporal shift in perspective is associated with midlife: young adults focus on the future, older adults focus on the past, midlife is a time to look back in time and look ahead. A time to ask how things are going and what is left to do. Ex: lifespan of a semester; middle of a semester. What are positive aspects of midlife: often better at dealing with stress and challenges by midlife. Crystallized intelligence, vocabulary, verbal memory, inductive reasoning, spatial orientation increase. Socioemotional development in midlife (chapter 16 and lecture)
