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Definition
| Time of joy and excitement |
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| Stage 2 - Disenchantment Stage |
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Definition
| Letdown and Depression (from unrealistic expectations) |
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Term
| Stage 3 - Reorientation Phase |
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Definition
| Realistic plans are developed. |
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Term
| Stage 4 - Stability Phase |
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Definition
| Realistic plans put into effect. |
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Term
| Stage 5 - Termination Phase |
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Definition
Either return to work or
lifestyle disrupted by illness or injury |
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Term
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Definition
Assassination of JFK,
bomb shelter drills,
civil rights movement,
revolutionary social change,
Vietnam War,
early space travel,
Deaths of JFK, MLK, RFK |
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Term
| Late Boomers (Jonesers) Events |
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Definition
Impact of: Kent State,
Watergate scandal, Resignation of Nixon,
End of Vietnam War,
Gas lines and 20% interest rates,
Pet Rocks, the Osmonds, Nuclear threat from Soviets,
3 TV Channels, School was a safe place,
Could drink at 18 but feared draft, Disco |
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Term
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Definition
very patriotic, extremely romantic,
deferring life and family for country,
common enemy/shared experiences,
Pearl Harbor defining moment 12/7/41,
FDR continual president,
value sacrifice for common good. |
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Term
| Post War Cohort (1928-1945) |
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Definition
Benefited from economic growth and tranquility,
good times were an expectation,
Cold war, global unrest, civil rights movement building,
Korean War,
Characteristics include - conformity, conservatism, traditional family values. |
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