Chapter 26 - Social and personality in middle adulthood

Question 1

What is Erikson’s generativity vs stagnation stage

Answer 1

Goal is to find meaning in contributing to the development of younger individuals.

Question 2

Generativity is associated with:

Answer 2

Positive mental health due to intrinsic rewards and civic engagement.

Question 3

Vailant’s Keeper of meaning stage:

Answer 3

After generativity vs stagnation stage where individuals focus on perserving institutions/ values of their culture.

Question 4

Mid-life crisis:

Answer 4

When prespective changes from “time since birth” to “time left before death”. At about 40.

Question 5

At a midlife crisis people will follow one of five of these stages:

Answer 5

1. The meandering way
2. The straight and narrow
3. Downward slope
4. Triumphant trail
5. Authentic road

Question 6

What is the life events approach?

Answer 6

Focuses on life events/ how adults deal with them.

Question 7

Conflict between roles that have different behaviours/ demands, with not enough time to fulfill them:

Answer 7

Role conflict

Question 8

When an individuals qualitites/ skills dont measure up to their role:

Answer 8

Role strain

Question 9

Maritial satisfation and shared friends ____________
Non shared friends ___________

Answer 9

Increase
Decrease

Question 10

Skilled diplomacy:

Answer 10

Confrontation about an issue followed by a period which the spouse works to restore harmony.

Question 11

Multigenerational caregivers that take care of both their parents and children are called:

Answer 11

The sandwich generation, can result in caregive burden or increased satisfaction.

Question 12

What are some problems associated with being a multigenerational caregiver?

Answer 12

Extra expenses, time off of work, decreased quality of life due to less time for self, social activities and own families.

Question 13

Empty nest:

Answer 13

Parental roles changing as children leave the home.

Question 14

Failure to launch/ revolving door:

Answer 14

Adult children remaining at home/ coming back after living alone.

Question 15

What are the 3 basic styles of grand parenting?

Answer 15

1. Companionate: frequent/ warm interactions
2. Remote: do not see often
3. Involved: everyday care and close emotional ties.

Question 16

What is having more friends and seeing friends more often associated with?

Answer 16

Increased psychological health and wellbeing.

Question 17

What changes occur with the big 5 personality traits?

Answer 17

O, E, N decline.
A, C increase until 70 then decline.
Most personality traits remain stable.

Question 18

Work satisfaction is at its ___________ and are less likely to experience burnout due to ______________ .

Answer 18

Peak
learning to pace self and relying less on external sources for job satisfaction.

Question 19

What happens when career changes/ unemployment are involuntary vs voluntary?

Answer 19

Involuntary= increased mental/ physical illness, maritial problems(layoffs).
Voluntary= higher risk tolerance but can feel some of the negative effects.

Question 20

Involuntary non-mobility:

Answer 20

When in a non preferred job with low enjoyabliliy, increases depressive symptoms and poor health.

Question 21

Preperation for retirement:

Answer 21

Gradual reduction of workload.

Question 22

What are the 5 types of people in retirement?

Answer 22

1. Wealth builders
2. Anxious idealists(give back, without resources to do so)
3. Empowered trial blazers(travel)
4. Stretched/stressed boomers(finacially troubled)
5. liesure lifers.