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