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| culture's preferred timing of certain social events |
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| Early (20-35), Middle (36-64), Late (65+) |
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| 5 senses sharply decline after 65, decreased muscle strength and stamina, weakened immune system, loss of neural pathways |
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| menstruation ends around 45-55 years, decreased levels of estrogen |
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| progressive and irreversible brain disorder, gradual deterioration of memory reasoning, language, and physical functioning, 3% of world's population by age 75, can determine if predisposed through genetic test |
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| mental disintegration that accompanies alcoholism, tumor, stroke, aging, or Alzheimer's disease |
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| tasks that give no clue to jog our memories, better in younger adults |
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| a clue is provided which helps memory, relatively the same |
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| ability to reason speedily and abstractly, used to solve novel logic problems, declines with age |
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| Crystallized Intelligence |
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| accumulated knowledge and verbal skills, increases with age |
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COMMITMENT
Erik Erikson and the final stages |
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| Young adulthood, serious relationships |
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| Generativity vs. Stagnation |
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| Middle adulthood, need a purpose in life |
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| Late adulthood, reflecting on life |
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| high school and college - unsure of career goals, happiness correlated with work that is entertaining and interesting and that provides a sense of accomplishment |
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| #1 factor in adult happiness, work to create lasting love (characterized by intimate self-disclosure, shared emotional and material support, similar interests and values) |
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90% of population gets married, of those who marry 50% get divorced, and of those who are divorced 75% remarry,
people who stay together are typically over 20, have a stable income, and are well-educated |
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investment of time, money, and emotion
potential disagreement over division of labor with children and over parental roles |
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| children leaving the home, sad at first but gets better, must rebuild relationship with children = LOTS OF FREE TIME TOGETHER |
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| Overall Life Satisfaction |
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| satisfied --> mellow, most regrets are of what the person did NOT do, not past mistakes |
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| varies from culture to culture, in the US there is more openness, facing death with dignity (ex: hospice) |
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