week 10

Question 1

What is Timing of Events Theories

Answer 1

Developmental theories that explore how the timing of life events (rather than the events themselves) influences an individual’s development, behavior, and well-being.

Question 2

What s the social clock

Answer 2

On time- following the social timetable
Off time - if out of time with peers

Question 3

what are Normative Crisis Theorie

Answer 3

Normative Crisis Theories are developmental theories that propose that individuals go through a series of universal, age-linked stages or crises, and that each stage involves a specific psychological challenge or task that must be resolved for healthy development.

Question 4

What crisis do adolescents undergo?

Answer 4

Identity vs Role confusion

Question 5

What crisis do early adults undergo?

Answer 5

Intimacy vs isolation

Question 6

What crisis do middle adults undergo?

Answer 6

Generavity vs stagnation

Question 7

What was the Normative Crisis Theories based on?

Answer 7

• Theory based on the results of the Harvard “Grant study
• ## Based on Eriksons

Question 8

What crisis do late adults undergo?

Answer 8

Ego integrity vs despair

Question 9

What Valliant’s normative crisis theory? What did he ad to Erikson’s theory?

Answer 9

Career consolidation vs Absorption (early/middle adulthood)

Career consolidation is a stage of adult development which
involves “expanding one’s personal identity to assume a
social identity within the world of work.”

Question 10

What are Adaptive mechanisms: Vaillant

Answer 10

Sublimation, humour, altruism, suppression

Question 11

What are mal-adaptive mechanisms: Vaillant

Answer 11

Projection, passive aggression, dissociation, acting out,
fantasy

Question 12

What was Levinson’s Normative Crisis theory?

Answer 12

Biopsychosocial model – all aspects of development
interact during developmental eras:

Era of Early Adulthood (17-45)
Era of Middle Adulthood (40-65)
Era of Late adulthood (60-65)

Question 13

In levinsons theory what is the Era of Early adulthood?

Answer 13

 Dream of adult accomplishment (idealism)
 Forming mentor relationships
 Developing an occupation
 Establishing intimate relationships

Question 14

What is the era of middle adulthood?

Answer 14

 Coming to terms with an unfulfilled dream
 Dream of adult accomplishment revised (pragmatism)

Question 15

What are some Cultural myths not supported by research

Answer 15

• partner tends to be similar
• meet within their social networks
• motivation is a committed relationship

Question 16

What is Sternberg’s Theory of Love

Answer 16

There are different types of love dependednt on the strengths of the three primary components:

Passion
Intimacy
COmmitment

Question 17

what’s Consummate love

Answer 17

High levels of passion, intimacy and commitment

Question 18

What is companinate love?

Answer 18

high level of intamacy and comitment but not much passion

Question 19

What is romantic love?

Answer 19

High intimacy and passion but low commitment

Question 20

What is Fatenous love?

Answer 20

High passion and commitment but lacking maturity