Chapter 16 Flashcards
Generativity
Ability to generate or produce; based on instinctual drive to leave
something of meaning behind for future generations (e.g., being grandparents)
Stagnation
– Rejection of generativity; state of no longer developing, growing,
or advancing
Erik Erikson’s Theory of
Psychosocial Development
social clock
guides our judgment regarding the “appropriateness” of certain
behaviours, life events, and trajectories
Boomerang generation
children in early adulthood are returning home to live with their parents due to social isolation, unemployment, rising housing and necessities
Midlife transition
The years from 40 to 45; a psychological shift into middle
adulthood is often accompanied by a crisis during which people fear they have
more to look back upon than to look forward to.
Midlife crisis
This is a time of dramatic self-doubt and anxiety during which
people sense the passing of their youth and become preoccupied with concern
about the imminence of their own mortality
empty nest syndrome
when
children leave the home); they take advantage of their new time by being in the
workplace and finding life satisfaction in other activities besides child rearing
and homemaking
does neuroticism decline over time
yes
agreeableness and conscientiousness decrease over time T/F
False
our openness to new experience declines over time? T/F
true
the Five basic factors of personality
extraversion, openness, neuroticism, agreeableness, and conscientiousness
glass ceiling
the barrier that stops minorities from reaching executive-level positions
Evolving Parent-Child Relationships
Parents are stressed when adolescents do not exert self-control and they have
to direct them in multiple areas of their life; they feel “sandwiched” between their
parents and their children or grandchildren.
Sandwich generation
refers to a middle-aged person taking care of their own
children and/or grandchildren as well as aging parents
