Adult Theories Of Development

Question 1

Seasons of a Man’s Life

Answer 1

4 eras
5 year periods of transition

Pre-adulthood: up to 22
Early adulthood: 17-45
Middle adulthood: 40-65
Late adulthood: 60-???

Question 2

Emerging adulthood

Answer 2

18-25

Identity exploration, instability, feeling in-between, self-focus, and possibility

Question 3

Criteria of adulthood

Answer 3

Accepting responsibility, making independent decisions, considering others, being financially independent

“Society as a whole”

Question 4

Valliant extension of Erikson’s work

Answer 4

Psychological

Career consolidation - 20-40 yo; focus on career development
Job to career transformation = competence, commitment, contentment, and compensation

Keeper of meaning - late middle adulthood
Preserving culture, guiding groups, preserves traditions
“How we do things”
Continuity