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AP PSYCH Unit 9.5 Social Development of Adulthood & Reflections on Development 1. Is divorce a horrible thing? WHY? 2. Do you have to be married to be happy? WHY? 3. Do you have to like your job in order to be happy in life? WHY? 4. How is your family handling you going off to university and leaving them? 5. Do you think old people are okay with dying soon? WHY? 6. Are you okay with dying? WHY? 7. Are you the same person you were as a 3 year old? 8 year old? 12 year old? WHY?
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Page 1: AP PSYCH Unit 9.5 Social Development of Adulthood ...€¦ · Adulthood’s Ages & Stages • 40s = middle adulthood. People realize that their life has been mostly lived. • Popular

APPSYCHUnit9.5SocialDevelopmentofAdulthood&ReflectionsonDevelopment

1. Isdivorceahorriblething?WHY?2. Doyouhavetobemarriedtobehappy?WHY?3. Doyouhavetolikeyourjobinordertobehappy

inlife?WHY?4. Howisyourfamilyhandlingyougoingoffto

universityandleavingthem?5. Doyouthinkoldpeopleareokaywithdying

soon?WHY?6. Areyouokaywithdying?WHY?7. Areyouthesamepersonyouwereasa3year

old?8yearold?12yearold?WHY?

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Adulthood’sAges&Stages• 40s=middleadulthood.Peoplerealizethattheirlifehasbeenmostlylived.

• Popularbeliefisthatthisstageistroublingandmaytriggera“midlifecrisis”ortimeofgreatstruggleorregret.– False!– Nottriggeredbyagebutratheramajor lifeeventorchange.

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Adulthood’sAges&Stages• Socialclock=culturallypreferredtimingofsocialevents,suchasmarriage,parenthood,andretirement.– Changesfromculturetoculture– Changesfromeratoera– Peoplearegettingmarriedmuchlaterinlifenowthenbefore

– Peopleworkuntilolderages

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Adulthood’sCommitments

• Review– Erikson’sStagesofPsychologicalDevelopment

• Intimacy– formingcloserelationships

• Generativity – Beingproductiveandsupportingfuturegenerations

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Love• We mostly make monogamous pairs –

evolution – 2 parents working together make offspring more likely to have babies

• Similar interests & values

• Commitment

• Why is divorce more common these days?

• Cohabitation before marriage is more likely to lead to divorce?

• Are married people more happy?– 5:1 ratio of positive to negative

• Having children is positive and negative

• Empty nest or post-launch honeymoon?

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Work• Adultidentitycanbelinkedtowhattheydoforaliving• Notforalladults

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Well-Being Across the Life Span• Looking back at life regrets – focus on what we failed to do

rather than mistakes

• Happiness doesn’t get lower over life, we actually get happier

• But highs become less high, lows become less low, average feeling remains stable – life becomes less of an emotional roller coaster

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Death&Dying

• Grievingcanbeshort-livedorunbearableandneverending• Howearlyorlatewasthedeath?

• 5stagesofdying:– Denial- Refusingtobelieve theindividual issick.

– Anger- Displaysangerthatindividual issick.

– Bargaining- Makingadeal,inreturn foracure,theywillfulfill apromise.

– Depression- General depressionaffectingsleepingandeatingpatterns.

– Acceptance-The realizationthatdeathisinevitable.

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Reflectionsof3MajorDevelopmentalIssues1– Naturevs.Nurture•Bothinfluence development2– Continuity vs.Stages•Passthrough theminthesameorder3– Stabilityvs.Change•Both,personality graduallystabilizes•Butcan’tpredict fromonlylookingatfirst2yearsoflife•Andweallstillchangewithage