HUMAN GROWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW Flashcards
Social clock
The concept that we regulate our passage through adulthood by an inner timetable that tells us which life activities are appropriate at certain ages
unique social-clock pressures that affect emerging adults.
Emerging adults are told when they should be dating or when they should be in college or have a job
factors that correlate with successful relationships
Secure adult attachment:
* Definition: capable of
genuine intimacy in
relationships
* Signs: empathic, sensitive,
able to reach out
emotionally; balances own
needs with those of
partner; has affectionate,
caring interactions;
probably in a loving,
long-term relationship
factors that correlate with relationships that fail
Avoidant/dismissive insecure attachment:
* Definition: unable to get close in relationships
* Signs: uncaring, aloof, emotionally distant; unresponsive to
loving feelings; abruptly disengages at signs of involvement;
unlikely to be in a long-term relationship
impact of children on a relationship.
-Parenthood makes couples less intimate and happy
-If the couple is heterosexual, parenthood produces more traditional (and
potentially conflict-ridden) marital roles.
(after
having children, a woman may leave her job or reduce her hours at work)
boundaries of middle age
-middle age span about age 40 to the
early sixties, many older adults describe themselves as middle
aged. Personality, specifically neuroticism, predicts whether midlife adults have an upbeat or gloomy view of the future.
three contradictory views about how personality changes with age.
-One is that we don’t change
-entering new life stages
-having life-changing experiences, propels emotional growth
generativity
Erikson’s theory, the seventh psychosocial task
- People in midlife find meaning in nurturing the next generation, caring for others, or enriching the lives of others through their work.
- When midlife adults have not achieved generativity, they feel stagnant, without a sense of purpose in life.
Crystalized intelligence skills
Accumulated knowledge
Tends to increase with age, until later life
Then begins to fall
Fluid intelligence skills
Ability to reason quickly when facing
totally new intellectual tasks
Linked to nervous system
Flynn effect
Because of this link, begins to decline early in adult life
Process and outcome of menopause
- Menopause can indirectly affect sexuality;
declining estrogen produces changes in
reproductive tract.
-Sexual desire declines in late middle age, but sex lives often improve after menopause.
psychological and physiological issues related to sex in middle adult life
Men experience changes in erection ability;
women are still orgasmic.
Women are more likely to be turned off to sex.
importance of constructing an adult life
Helps to prepare one for what’s to come. Education, marriage, etc.
various features of emerging adulthood.
testing out different possibilities and developing
the self.
(ex): Emerging adults live
alone or with friends, stay with their parents or move far away. For some emerging
adults, constructing an adult life takes decades
gender differences in the nest-leaving experience.
Southern Europe it’s not popular to leave the nest. Northern Europe, it’s encouraged. In the US, it varies all over.
challenge of finding a career for emerging adults.
With so many US young people steering clear of college, it makes the job search very difficult. However, even with a degree now, it can be difficult because of the demand for jobs. School-to-work transitions can also stand in the way, as can finding the “flow”
-“ability to love ones work”
-everyone has goals of achieving high
-most hard working people encounter trouble childhood
three pathways to death
1) death occurs suddenly; 2) death occurs after steady decline in health; and 3) death occurs after a long and difficult struggle, typically due to illness.
why it is harder to accept a death that has happened “off time” in terms of our social clock.
reasons why caregivers have an important role in easing the pain and suffering of the patient and his/her family.
concept of a “good death”.
why “end-of-life care instruction” should be a component of every health professional’s training.
body image issues associated with middle adulthood.
Feeling physically appealing is important to
happiness at every age for men and women.
Body-image issues affect vulnerable midlife
women.
process and outcome of menopause
-estrogen production falls, the cycle becomes irregular
-Perimenopause: physical symptoms, such as night sweats and hot flashes
-Postmenopause: vaginal walls thin out and become more fragile. The vagina shortens, and its
opening narrows
-Effects on desire: Women won’t want sexual intercourse
