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Module 20: Middle Adulthood Flashcards

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What are the 6 Emotional Stages of Retirement?

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  1. Pre-retirement
  2. Retirement
  3. Honeymoon Phase
  4. Disenchantment Phase
  5. Reorientation
  6. Stability Phase
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Pre-Retirement

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+ Planning the retirement
+ Critical time for setting up for success in retirement
+ Imagining ideal retirement, take stock for health, assess finances, building support network, decide when to retire
+ begin to think seriously about the life they want for themselves in retirement and whether they are financially on track to achieve it

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Retirement

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makes the transition from full-time work to retirement they’ve planned

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Honeymoon Phase

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+ Freedom
+ Enjoy newfound freedom and retirement
+ positive phase when retirees get to enjoy the fruits of a lifetime of labor
+ Can also be a time of anxiety and uncertainty because they feel purposeless

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Disenchantment Phase

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+ What to do next?
+ Feel restless, aimless, and bored
+ Feeling worn out because of aimlessly trying to fill time with anything
+ Find clarity and do introspection work to connect with self and discover retirement purpose
+ Have realistic expectations, be proactive, and set life goals
+ They may experience some of the emotional downsides of retirements such as loneliness, disillusionment, and a feeling of uselessness

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Reorientation

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+ The New You
+ Redefining yourself and finding new purpose in retirement
+ Reassessing priorities
+ Great opportunity for self-discovery
+ People try to figure who they are and map their place in the world as a retiree

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Stability Phase

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+ Retirement Routine
+ Growth and contentment with new identity in retirement, and finding equilibrium
+ Settling into a new normal
+ Accepted retirement identity and created a daily routine that works for them

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Among the OCEAN traits (Costa and Mcrae) what is the trait that has the highest level in middle adulthood? And why?

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In middle adulthood, conscientiousness is the highest maybe due to result of work experiences

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What traits (OCEAN; Costa and Mcrae) decrease in individuals who are unemployed during middle adulthood?

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However, unemployed ones will show decrease in agreeableness and conscientiousness

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What trait (OCEAN; Costa and Mcrae) decreases in middle-aged men who remarry?

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Middle-aged men who remarry tend to become less neurotic

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What trait (OCEAN; Costa and Mcrae) decreases in middle-aged men who divorce?

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Middle-aged men who divorce decrease in extraversion

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Generativity

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+ involved finding meaning through contributing to society and leaving a legacy for future generations
+ parenting, teaching, mentorship, productivity, self-generation or self-development
+ “Maintenance of the work”

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What is generativity associated with?

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Associated with prosocial behaviors

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Care

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widening commitment to take care of persons, products, and the ideas one has learned to take care for

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What is the crisis faced during middle adulthood (40-65 years old)

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Generativity vs. Stagnation

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What is the virtue developed after being successful in the crisis of Generativity vs. Stagnation?

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Care

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What happens to people who do not find generativity?

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People who do not find generativity run the risk of becoming self-absorbed, self indulgent, and stagnant

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Stagnation

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disconnected from the communities because of their failure to contribute

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What is the gender proportion of generativity?

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Women report higher generativity than men

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What is associated with greater generativity for men?

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For men, having a child early is associated with greater generativity

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What are the possible maladaptive tendencies faced in middle adulthood?

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  1. Overextension
  2. Rejectivity
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How long does the transition to middle adulthood last according to Levinson?

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According to Levinson, it lasts about 5 years.

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What does the transition to middle adulthood require (for men) according to Levinson?

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It requires to adult male to come to grips with the four major conflicts

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What are the four conflicts that men must go through to successfully transition to middle adulthood according to Levinson?

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(1) being young vs old;
(2) being destructive versus being constructive;
(3) being masculine vs. feminine;
(4) being attached to others vs. separated from them

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How is midlife described as a crisis?
Midlife as a crisis, arguing that middle aged adults is suspended between past and the future, trying to cope with this gap that threatens life’s continuity
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Midlife Crisis
changes in personality and lifestyle during middle forties
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What do people realize during midlife crisis?
Many people realize that they will not be able to fulfill the dreams of their youth, or that fulfillment of their own mortality
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Who are the people who usually have a midlife crisis?
People who do have crisis at midlife generally also have crises at other times in their lives as well
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What is midlife crisis a manifestation of?
Manifestation of a neurotic personality rather than developmental phase
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Turning Point
psychological transition that involves significant change or transformation in the perceived meaning, purpose, or direction of a person’s life
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What is the turning point in someone's life triggered by?
Triggered by major life events, normative changes, or a new understanding of past experience
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Midlife Review
involves recognizing the finiteness of life and can be a time of taking stock, discovering new insights about the self, and spurring midcourse corrections in the design and trajectory of one’s life
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Developmental Deadlines
time constraints on
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Ego Resiliency
the ability to adapt flexibly and resourcefully to potential source of stress
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Identity Process Theory (IPT)
physical characteristics, cognitive abilities, and personality traits are incorporation into identity schemas (Susan Krauss Whitbourne)
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Assimilation
interpretation of new information via existing cognitive structure
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Accommodation
involves changing cognitive structures to more closely align with what is encountered
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Identity Assimilation
involves holding onto a consistent sense of self in the face of new experiences that do not fit the current understanding of the self
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Identity Accommodation
involves adjusting the identity schema to fit new experiences
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Identity Balance
stable sense of self while adjusting their self-schemas to incorporate new information
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Narrative Psychology
views the development of self as a continuous process of constructing one’s life story
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Generativity Scripts
+ feature redemption and associated with psychological well-being + Increase in positive emotions through early adulthood to old age
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Empty Nest
occurs when the youngest child leaves home
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What does the departure of children increase in a good marriage?
In a good marriage, departure of children generally increases marital satisfaction
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Revolving Door Syndrome or Boomerang Phenomenon
returning to parent’s home, sometimes with their own families
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What may prolonged parenting lead to?
Prolonged Parenting may lead to intergenerational tension when it contradicts parent’s normative expectations
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What do positive relationships with parents contribute to during midlife?
Positive relationships with parents contribute to a strong sense of self and to emotional well-being at midlife
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Filial Crisis
adults learn to balance love and duty to their parents with autonomy in a two-way relationship
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Sandwich Generation
caught in squeeze between the competing needs of their own children and the emerging needs of their parents
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Caregiver Burnout
a physical, mental, and emotional exhaustion that can affect adults who care for aged relatives
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Respite Care
giving caregivers some time off
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What kind of relationship can be central to psychological well-being in midlife?
Relationships with siblings who remain in contact can be central to psychological well-being in midlife
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What kind of relationships do grandmothers tend to have with their grandchildren?
Grandmothers have closer, warmer, more affectionate relationships with their grandchildren
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Kinship Care
grandparents that provides care but don’t become foster parents or gain custody, have no legal status and few rights

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