EDS200H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Mills College, Extraversion And Introversion, Neuroticism
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Generativity means the adult"s desire to leave legacies to the next generation. Stagnation emerges the adults feel they have done nothing for the next generation. When this stage is resolved the virtue of care emerges. Cathy crowe: stress nurse and social justice advocate. In early adulthood the two major tasks to be mastered are exploring the possibilities for adult living and developing a stable life structure. Age 28-33 man goes through a transition period in which he must fact the more serious question of determining his goals. 30"s he usually focuses on family and career development in the later years of this period he becomes his own man . 40 he has reached a stable location in his career transition to middle adulthood lasts about 5 years. Must come into contact with 4 major conflicts: being young versus being old, being destructive versus being constructive, being masculine verses being feminine, being attached to others versus being separated from them.
