Chapter 14

Loss of privacy

A common complaint voiced by both adult children and their parents when adult children return home is a(n):

conscientiousness showed a continuous increase from early adulthood to late adulthood.

A recent study by Specht, Egloff, and Schukle found that _____ showed a continuous increase from early adulthood to late adulthood

-(1) being young versus being old, (2) being destructive versus being constructive, (3) being masculine versus being feminine, and (4) being attached to others versus being separated from them. .

According to Levinson, one of the changes to middle adulthood requires that the adult male come to grips with four major conflicts. What are these 4 major conflicts?

by the formation of a dream—an image of the kind of life the youth wants to have, especially in terms of a career and marriage.

According to Levinson, the above noted transition is marked by what?

A transition from dependence to independence should occur

According to Levinson, what transition should occur at the end of one's teens? (Hint: from __________ to _________)

depression

According to research, grandparents who are raising their grandchildren are at increased risk for developing

A- agreeableness

According to the Big Five factors of personality, which personality trait describes a person as either helpful or uncooperative?-

Stagnation

As he looks back over his life, Chris realizes that his work was not as important to him as he believed, and that he lost too much valuable time with his children. If he could do it over again, he would work less and spend more time with his children. According to Erikson, Chris is experiencing some degree of:

A positive direction

Most research studies indicate that the greatest change in personality traits occurs in:

openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism

Name and define the five big personality traits identified by Costa and McCrae.

- O- openness

Name the Big Five personality factor that describes whether a person is independent or conforming.

Adolescence

George Vaillant concludes that _____ is a time for detecting parental flaws and discovering the truth about childhood.

Forties

George Vaillant concludes that the _____ are a decade of reassessing and recording the truth about the adolescent and adulthood years.

Increased anxiety and lower physical- well-being

In a recent study, daily hassles, such as working at a boring job, were linked to:

They stayed in their marriages because of their children

In a survey conducted by AARP (2004), divorced adults reported that they had generally stayed in their marriages and postponed their divorces because of:

Men: No obvious problems, just fell out of love, cheating, different values, lifestyles.

In a survey conducted by AARP (2004), the primary reason middle-aged and older men cited for wanting a divorce was:

verbal, physical or emotional abuse, alcohol or drug abuse, and cheating

In a survey conducted by AARP (2004), the primary reason middle-aged and older women cited for wanting a divorce was: Woman:

Erikson means primarily a concern for helping the younger generation to develop and lead useful lives.

In terms of Erikson's generativity versus stagnation stage, what are the positive outcomes linked to the achievement of generativity?

lonely

Katelyn is a recent 43-year-old divorcee. She is likely to report feeling more _____ than her ex-husband, who is 45.

Cumulative Personality Model

The _____ model of personality development states that with time and age people become more adept at interacting with their environment in ways that promote increased stability in personality.

their higher rate of marriage.

The results from an 18-year longitudinal study revealed that the longevity gap between African-American and non-Latino white men is linked to:

Alcohol abuse and smoking at age 50 were the best predictors of which individuals would be dead at 75 to 80 years of age.

Vaillant's research showed that at age 50, the best predictors of who would be dead at 75 to 80 years of age were:

Levinson views midlife as a crisis, beliving that the middle-age adult is suspended between the past and future. Vaillants view that only a minority of adults experience a midlife crisis.

What are considered to be the major differences between Levinson's and Valliant's view on midlife?

getting regular exercise, avoiding being overweight, being well-educated, having a stable marriage, being future-oriented, being thankful and forgiving, empathizing with others, being active with other people, and having good coping skills.

What factors at age 50 that were linked with being in the "happy-well" group at age 75 to 80 years of age? -

Less control over their sex life and their children

Which aspects of life do middle-aged adults feel they have less control over?

Costa and McCrae concluded that considerable stability across the adult years occurs for the five personality factors.

Which were the conclusions of the study conducted by Costa and McCrae on approximately 1,000 college-educated men and women aged 20 to 96?

Generativity

_____ encompasses adults' desire to leave legacies of themselves to the next generation.

Stagnation

develops when individuals sense that they have done nothing for the next generation.