Late adulthood Flashcards
Erikson’s final psychological conflict
ego integrity vs despair
peck’s tasks of ego integrity
ego differentiation, body transcendence, and ego transcendence
ego differentiation refers to
finding other ways to affirm self worth
body transcendence refers to
surmounting physical limitations by emphasizing the compensating rewards of cognitive, emotional and social powers
ego transcendence refers to
facing the reality of death constructively through efforts to make life more secure and meaningful for younger generations
joan erikson added the stage, ___________, which is _________________.
gerotranscendence; a cosmic and transcendent perspective directed forward and outward beyond the self
labouvie-vief studied elders’ increasing emotional strength, saying that they improve in __________, ______________
affect optimization, the ability to maximize positive emotion and dampen negative emotion
the third age is…
a new phase of late adulthood in which older adults use their freedom from work and parenting responsibilities to pursue passions
the pattern in which the elderly are rewarded with support when they are dependent is called ____________, and when the elderly who are independent are ignored, it is refered to as ______________
dependency-support script, independence-ignore script
what theory asserts that mutual withdraw between elders and society takes place in anticipation of death?
disengagement theory
