Developmental Psychology - Middle Adulthood Part 2
This deck covers key concepts and terms related to middle adulthood in developmental psychology, including retirement, spirituality, and identity.
people reduce works hours or days, gradually moving into retirement over a number of years
o Phased Retirement
Key Terms
people reduce works hours or days, gradually moving into retirement over a number of years
o Phased Retirement
– switching to another company or new line of work
o Bridge Employment
fundamental requisite for participation not only in the workplace but in all facets of a modern, information-driven society
Literacy
organized set of beliefs, practices, rituals, and symbols that increases an individual’s connection to a sacred or transcendent other
o Religion
degree of affiliation with an organized religion, participation in its rituals and practices
o Religiousness
involves experiencing something beyond oneself in transcendent manner
o Spirituality
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
people reduce works hours or days, gradually moving into retirement over a number of years | o Phased Retirement |
– switching to another company or new line of work | o Bridge Employment |
fundamental requisite for participation not only in the workplace but in all facets of a modern, information-driven society | Literacy |
organized set of beliefs, practices, rituals, and symbols that increases an individual’s connection to a sacred or transcendent other | o Religion |
degree of affiliation with an organized religion, participation in its rituals and practices | o Religiousness |
involves experiencing something beyond oneself in transcendent manner | o Spirituality |
o Viktor Frankl said that the three most distinct human qualities are | spirituality, freedom, and responsibility |
refers to a human being’s uniqueness of spirit, philosophy, and mind | • Spirituality |
• Four main needs for meaning that guide how people try to make sense of their lives: | i. Need for Purpose – goals and fulfillments ii. Need for Values – enable people to decide whether certain acts are right or wrong iii. Need for a sense of efficacy – belief that they can control their environment iv. Need for Self-Worth |
– involved finding meaning through contributing to society and leaving a legacy for future generations | o Generativity • Parenting, teaching, mentorship, productivity, self-generation or self-development • “Maintenance of the work” • Associated with prosocial behaviors |
widening commitment to take care of persons, products, and the ideas one has learned to take care for | o Care |
disconnected from the communities because of their failure to contribute | o Stagnation |
– they no longer allow themselves to relax and rest | o Maladaptive Tendency: Overextension |
no longer participating or contributing in the society | o Malignant Tendency: Rejectivity |
changes in personality and lifestyle during middle forties | o Midlife Crisis • Many people realize that they will not be able to fulfill the dreams of their youth, or that fulfillment of their own mortality • People who do have crisis at midlife generally also have crises at other times in their lives as well • Manifestation of a neurotic personality rather than developmental phase |
psychological transition that involves significant change or transformation in the perceived meaning, purpose, or direction of a person’s life | o Turning Point • Triggered by major life events, normative changes, or a new understanding of past experience |
involves recognizing the finiteness of life and can be a time of taking stock, discovering new insights about the self, and spurring midcourse corrections in the design and trajectory of one’s life | o Midlife Review |
time constraints on | o Developmental Deadlines |
the ability to adapt flexibly and resourcefully to potential source of stress | o Ego Resiliency |
physical characteristics, cognitive abilities, and personality traits are incorporation into identity schemas (Susan Krauss Whitbourne) | o Identity Process Theory (IPT) |