life span ch 16

Question 1

daniel levison, midlife transition are what ages, triggered by market events like death of friend/spouse, menopause, child leaving home for college for midlife crisis

Answer 1

• 40 to 45

Question 2

sperm declines at what age?

Answer 2

• 40

Question 3

generativity vs stagnation means what

Answer 3

-middle adulthood 40 to 65, where erickson beleives you are either creating children or not. Rejection or suppression of not creating children will lead to stagnation

Question 4

which of the big 5 personality tests, contrasts imagination, curiosity, and creativity with shallowness and lack of perceptiveness?

Answer 4

• openness to experience

Question 5

which of the big 5 personality contrasts, kindness, trust and warmth with hostility, selfishness and distrust

Answer 5

• agreeableness

Question 6

which of the big 5 personality tests displays, talkativeness, assertiveness, and activity with silence, passivity, and reserve

Answer 6

• extraversion

Question 7

which big personality test displays organization, thoroughness, and reliability with carelessness, negligence, and unreliability

Answer 7

• conscientousness

Question 8

which trait increases dramatically in early adulthood and peaks during middle adulthood and declines in late adulthood

Answer 8

• consciostouness

Question 9

which trait refers to emotional instabiloty?

Answer 9

neruoticism