Chapter 16 Human Growth and Development
Another study found that____%of adults experienced a midlife crisis most contributed to _____ _____ rather than aging.
26, life events
The ____'s are a decade of reassessing and recording the truth about the adolescent and adult years
40
Vaillant used data collected from ___ year old"s to predict which categories they were likely to be.
50
According to Levinson ____-____percent of men find the midlife transition tumultuous and psychologically painful, as many of their lives came into question
70,80
What are the four types of generativity?
Biological, parental, work, cultural
__________ personality model: with time and age people become more _______ at interacting with their environment in ways that promote the ________ of personality
Cumulative, adept, stability
___________ adults desire to leave legacies of themselves to the next generation
Generativity
Erikson's seventh stage of development is called______v. _______.
Generativity, Stagnation
Middle-aged adults are more reactive to_______________stressors but less to ____stressors than younger adults.
Interpersonal, work
______ theories do not adequately address individual variations in adult development
Stage
____________ develops when individuals sense that they have done nothing for the next generation.
Stagnation
4th major conflict Levinson being __________too_______vs. being_________from others
attached others, seperated
Life-events approach places too much emphasis on ____ not adequately recognizing _______
change stability
Berkeley longitudinal studies no support that personality is characterized by ____ or stability from adolescence to midlife
changes
Evidence does not support the view that personality traits become ___________ ______ at a certain age
completely fixed
On average, a sense of personal _______ decreases as adults become older
control
On average a sense of personal______decreases as adults become______.
control, older
2nd major conflict Levinson__________vs. being ____________
destructive, constructive
Vaillant's categorized 75-80 year old's as three things?
happy well, sad sick, dead
Life events theory focus's on daily_____ and uplifts rather than _____ ______.
hassles, major events
Valliant's- Reports of general well-being and life satisfaction tend to be ____ during mid-life.
high
changing _________ _____ and different _______ expectations influence how cohorts move through the life span
historical times, social
Adults' ability to master their environment, autonomy, and personal relations _____ during _____age
improve middle
an_____ or _____ _______ in most of the dimensions of well being occurred during middle adulthood
increase little change
3rd major conflict Levinson being_______ vs. being______
masculine,feminine
People show ______ ______ in their personality when they reach midlife than when they were younger.
more, stability
Longitudinal studies ability to _____ and ___-_____ changed most in personality
nurture self control
___ ___ of individuals report experiencing a midlife crisis, the crisis was triggered by life events such as ____loss, _________and_______
one third, job financial, illness
Middle aged adults experience more"________" stressors that involve______too many _______at once.
overload, juggling, activities
Levinson views midlife as a crisis, arguing that the middle-aged adult is suspended between the ____ and the______.
past present
personality change is typically _____and limited; stability peaks in the ___s and ___'s
small, 50, 60
In general ______ theories place too much emphasis on _____ in development
stage, crises
Levinson's four major conflicts requires the adult male to come to grips with the first one is ____v. being ___
young old
Overall stress is highest in ____ and _____aged adults;declines in ____adults
young, middle, older