Middle Adulthood (social and emotional)

Question 1

What is the Generativity stage vs the Stagnation stage

Answer 1

Generativity = what we want to happen
Stagnation = what we don’t want to happen

Question 2

What doe success look like for middle adults

Answer 2

establishing and guiding the next generation, leaving a legacy

Question 3

How do the Indigenous see the middle adulthood

Answer 3

Theys see it just as another cycle (medicine wheel)

Question 4

What are normative events

Answer 4

normal events (marriage, birth of child)

Question 5

How do middle aged adults deal with these changes

Answer 5

With a sense of control
(exercise, socializing, journaling, meditation, talk therapy

Question 6

What is a sandwich generation

Answer 6

Middle aged people who are in the middle of caring for their elderly parents and their own kids

Question 7

Why is job satisfaction at its peek

Answer 7

Because there is a shift in goal orientation (leaning towards personal fulfillment)

Question 8

What is Empty Nest syndrome

Answer 8

sadness and loneliness after children leave

Question 9

What are the 3 types o grandparenting

Answer 9

Companionate, Remote, and Involved relationships

Question 10

What is a Companionate relationship

Answer 10

Most common = grandparents have frequent contact but not on a daily basis, have warm interactions with grandparents

Question 11

What is an Involved Relationship

Answer 11

Least common = Grandparents are the pain caregivers of their grandchildren