Early Middle Adulthood

Question 1

Erikson’s young adult stage need to resolve?

Answer 1

Intimacy vs. isolation

Question 2

Erikson’s middle adult stage need to resolve?

Answer 2

generativity vs. stagnation

Question 3

Havighurst made what?

Answer 3

List of tasks for each stage

Question 4

Arnett described the term?

Answer 4

emerging adulthood (culturally constructed)

Question 5

Levinson’s structure is sequential or hierarchical?

Answer 5

sequential

Question 6

gender-splitting coined by?

Answer 6

Levinson for women: homemakers vs. career women

Question 7

Midlife crisis: 2 points:

Answer 7

1. difficulty achieving goals

2. growing awareness of shortness of life

Question 8

rates of depression between 45-65?

Answer 8

lowest

Question 9

Across adulthood what happens to: Neuroticism?
Openness
Agreeableness
Conscientiousness
Extraversion?

Answer 9

Neuroticism: decrease
Openness: decrease
Agreeableness: increase
Conscientiousness: increase
Extraversion: stable

Question 10

Menopause defined as?

Answer 10

12 months of amenorrhea

Question 11

Which women report vasomotor symptoms?

Answer 11

Western/European women

Question 12

More or less prevalence of depression in surgically post-menopausal women?

Answer 12

surgically

Question 13

Risk factors for midlife depression?

Answer 13

pre-existing depression

Hx of troublesome mentruation