tailieunhanh - Lecture Life-span development (13th edition): Chapter 16 - Santrock

Chapter 16 - Socioemotional development in middle adulthood. To begin the chapter, we will examine personality theories and development in middle age, including ideas about individual variation. Then we will turn our attention to how much individuals change or stay the same as they go through the adult years. Finally we will explore a number of aspects of close relationships during the middle adulthood years. | Chapter 16: Socioemotional Development in Middle Adulthood ©2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Stages of Adulthood Erikson’s Generativity vs. Stagnation Generativity: adults’ desire to leave legacies of themselves to the next generation Biological generativity Parental generativity Work generativity Cultural generativity Stagnation: develops when individuals sense that they have done nothing for the next generation ©2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Stages of Adulthood Levinson’s Seasons of a Man’s Life Teens – transition from dependence to independence 20s are a novice phase of adult development 30s are a time for focusing on family and career development By the 40s, man has a stable career and now must look forward to the kind of life he will lead as a middle-aged adult ©2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Stages of Adulthood Levinson’s Seasons of a Man’s Life (continued) Transition to middle adulthood . | Chapter 16: Socioemotional Development in Middle Adulthood ©2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Stages of Adulthood Erikson’s Generativity vs. Stagnation Generativity: adults’ desire to leave legacies of themselves to the next generation Biological generativity Parental generativity Work generativity Cultural generativity Stagnation: develops when individuals sense that they have done nothing for the next generation ©2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Stages of Adulthood Levinson’s Seasons of a Man’s Life Teens – transition from dependence to independence 20s are a novice phase of adult development 30s are a time for focusing on family and career development By the 40s, man has a stable career and now must look forward to the kind of life he will lead as a middle-aged adult ©2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Stages of Adulthood Levinson’s Seasons of a Man’s Life (continued) Transition to middle adulthood lasts about 5 years (ages 40 to 45) and requires that men come to grips with conflicts existing since adolescence: Being young vs. being old Being destructive vs. being constructive Being masculine vs. being feminine Being attached to others vs. being separated from them ©2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. ©2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Insert Figure Stages of Adulthood How Pervasive Are Midlife Crises? The 40s are a decade of reassessing and recording the truth about the adolescent and adult years Only a minority of adults experience a midlife crisis ©2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. ©2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Stages of Adulthood Individual Variations Stage theories do not adequately address individual variations in adult development Some individuals may experience a midlife crisis in some contexts of their lives but not others In 1/3 of cases where individuals