PSY 2114 Chapter Notes - Chapter 18: Disengagement Theory, Life Review, Family Caregivers

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 2114
• Professor: Eleanor Riesen

Document Summary

Adults who arrive at a sense of integrity feel whole, complete & satisfied w their. )nvolves coming to terms w one"s life (cid:498)with realization that integrity of ones life is part of an extended chain of human existence, death loses it"s sting(cid:499) Capacity to view life in larger context (ex: last few decades have been ) When elders feel they made many wrong decisions, yet time is too short to find. Adapted to inevitable triumphs and disappointments and realize that paths they followed, abandoned & never selected were imp. for their life an alternative route to integrity. Without another chance, hard to accept that death is near. Overwhelmed w bitterness, defeat & pressed anger and contempt for others (disguise contempt for themselves) Fault-finding behavior: tendency to blame others for personal failures. Optimal development involves greater integration and deepening of personality. Peck"s task of ego integrity and joan erikson"s gerotranscendence.