Developmental Psych Chapter 17

________ is linked to better adjustment, improved health, and increased longevity.

________ showed a continuous increase from early adulthood to late adulthood.

________ have closer relationships with their children and grandchildren and give more personal advice than grandfathers do.

________ and positive affect have an upward trajectory from early adulthood to late adulthood.

Commitment to the ________ helped women learn to control their impulses, develop interpersonal skills, become independent, and work hard to achieve goals.

Cultural: adults create, renovate, or conserve some ________ that ultimately survives.

________ in family life that requires considerable adaptation by parents and their adult children.

The increase in ________ is influencing the nature of grandparenting.

Forties are a decade of reassessing and recording the truth about ones ________ and adulthood.

________, romance, and passion are more important in new relationships.

________ syndrome: decline in marital satisfaction after children leave the home.

________: individuals sense that theyve done nothing for the next generation.

________ in middle age was more strongly related than intimacy to whether individuals would have an enduring and happy marriage at 75- 80.

________: only a minority of adults experience a midlife crisis.

________ is strong in early adulthood.

________ characterize intergenerational relationships.

People show more stability in their personality when they reach midlife than when they were ________.

________ was linked to better health for both spouses.

________ are more likely than younger adults to use proactive strategies to deal with minor daily hassles before they become more stressful.

Women are more likely to biome depressed when they encounter ________.

________ between aging parents and their children are usually characterized by ambivalence.

________ have time to pursue career interests and to spend time with each other (increased quality of time)

________ play important roles in grandchildrens lives especially when family crises occur.

________ provide practical and emotional support to each other.

________: groups of individuals born in the same year /time period.

Middle- aged and ________ showed a smaller increase in psychological distress to interpersonal stressors than did younger adults.

________: adults desire to leave legacies of themselves to the next generation.

________ who are full- time caregivers for grandchildren are at elevated risk for health problems, depression, and stress.

adults desire to leave legacies of themselves to the next generation

adults have offspring

adults nurture and guide children

adults develop skills that are passed down to others

adults create, renovate, or conserve some aspect of culture that ultimately survives

individuals sense that theyve done nothing for the next generation

novice phase of adult development

transition period where a man must face the more serious question of determining his goals

family and career development

transition to middle adulthood

only a minority of adults experience a midlife crisis

how life events influence the individuals development depends on the life event and on mediating factors

groups of individuals born in the same year / time period

timetable on which individuals are expected to accomplish lifes tasks

with time and age people become more adept at interacting with their environment in ways that promote increased stability of personality

divorce has less stigma now, women are less dependent on husbands

decline in marital satisfaction after children leave the home

loss of privacy

divorce, adolescent pregnancies, and drug use by parents