Chapter 14 HGD
generativity
Forty year old Maritska wishes to establish a pediatric AIDS foundation overseas. According to Erikson, she is focused on establishing a sense of _____________.
personality
The Baltimore Study by Costa and McCrae assessed _________ in adulthood.
- Openness - Agreeableness - Extraversion
Which of the following are part of the Big Five factors of personality?
generativity
According to Erikson, _______________ occurs in middle adulthood and encompasses adults' desire to leave legacies of themselves.
When they believe they have done nothing for the next generation.
According to Erikson, what causes people to feel stagnation in life?
- Cultural generativity - Work generativity - Biological generativity
According to Erikson, which of the following are ways in which middle-aged adults can develop generativity?
- Sandwich - Squeezed - Overload
Because many middle-aged adults today are responsible for their children as well as for their aging parents, what names are given to this generation?
80
By 2020, experts project that ___________ percent of children at 30 years of age will still have living grandparents.
- Mutual emotional interest - Security - Loyalty
In middle adulthood, affectionate or companionate love increases. This form of love includes which of the following qualities?
stagnation
Jacob, who is 45, has amassed a lot of wealth but has not done anything to benefit the next generation. According to Erikson, he may be in a state of _____________.
generativity
Parenting, teaching, and involvement in the community are examples of how middle-aged adults can develop _____________, according to Erikson.
empty nest syndrome
Parents who live vicariously through their children and who report a decline in marital satisfaction when their children leave the home are experiencing __________.
Baltimore
Paul Costa and Robert McCrae conducted the _________ Study, which uses the Big Five factors of personality to track adult personality development.
changes; stability
Research indicates that personality _____________ throughout adulthood, but there is greater ______________ in personality during middle adulthood.
extensive interviews with 40 middle-aged men.
Seasons of a Man's Life by Daniel Levinson was based upon the results of ____________.
excitability
The big five factors of personality can be condensed into the acronym OCEAN. It includes of the following personality factors, EXCEPT _____________.
the stability of one's personality over time
The contemporary life-events approach takes into account all of the following, EXCEPT ____________.
close
The majority of sibling relationships in middle adulthood can be described as ____________.
the cumulative personality model
The process by which, over time, people become more adept at interacting with the environment and in ways that promote increased stability in personality can be described as __________.
True
True or False: It is rare for sibling closeness to develop for the first time in adulthood.
generativity
When adults work to leave a legacy of themselves to the next generation, they are working toward _____________.
fight or flight; tend and befriend
When men face stress, they are more likely to respond in a __________ pattern, while women are more likely to respond in a __________ pattern.
- In 1900, only 4% of 10-year-olds had four living grandparents. - The current trend in delaying childbearing is likely to offset the increasing longevity of grandparents somewhat. - In 2000, 40% of 10-year-olds had four living grandparents.
Which of the following statements about grandparenting and longevity are TRUE?
Because they must care for their adolescent and young adult children as well as their aging parents.
Why are middle-aged adults sometimes described as the "sandwich" generation?
