Middle Adulthood Flashcards
(25 cards)
Climacteric
Cannot reproduce (procreate)
Menopause
Women stop ovulating
Andropause
Men have difficulty reproducing because of lack of sex drive, low testosterone and sperm cell
Can be shaped by experience
Plasticity
Intelligence
Influence by culture, social context, personal choices
Tacit knowledge
Skills and problem solving (no formal education / blue collar worker) (experience/professional instinct)
Andragogy
Type of teaching that considers the needs of adults (adult teaching)
Expert
Years of working in a certain field (intuition and strategies)
Novice
Rely on formal procedures or guidelines, methodical and conscious actions (beginner)
Midlife Crisis
Focus on the present, impatient
Generativity vs. Stagnation
Wanting to make contribution to the society
Kinkeeping
Organizing events in the family (aunts, uncle, daughters)
Not prioritizing marriage but is considering one
Voluntary temporary single
Do not consider marriage at all (single by choice)
Voluntary permanent single
Searching for partner but continue to fail
Involuntary temporary single
Cannot find a partner at all and just accept being single slowly
Involuntary permanent single
Intrinsic marriage
Marriage bounded by love
Utilitarian marriage
Married for practical purposes (more successful than intrinsic marriage)
Ability to solve new problems without existing knowledge
Fluid Intelligence
Knowledge that comes from prior learning and past experiences
Crystallized Intelligence
Conflict-habitualized marriages
Spouses habitually quarrel, nag, and bring-up past
Devitalized marriages
Empty and apathetic marriages
Passive-congenial marriages
Emphasize qualities and repetitive lifestyle
Vital marriages
Stay married for the sake of enjoying one another
