Themes of Adult Development

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Themes of Adult Development

• Lecture Workshop 2
• PSY 350 Adult Development

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Allports 7 Dimensions of Maturity

• Extension of self to environment
• Relating Warmly to Others - Intimacy
• Emotional Security Self-acceptance, Emotional
  Acceptance, Frustration Tolerance Confidence in
  Self-expression
• Realistic Perception no distortion
• Possession of Skills Competencies
• Knowledge of self self-objectification
• Establishing Unifying Philosophy of Life

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Eriksons Stages

• Trust vs Mistrust-Oral Stage-Infancy
• Autonomy vs Shame Doubt-Anal Stage-Early
  Childhood
• Initiative vs Guilt-Phallic Stage-Mid Childhood
• Industry vs Inferiority-Latency Stage-Late
  Childhood
• Identity vs Role Confusion-Genital Stage-Teens
• Intimacy vs Isolation-Early Adulthood
• Generativity vs Stagnation-Middle Adulthood
• Ego Integrity vs Despair-Late Adulthood

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George Goulds Stages of Young Adulthood

• Leaving our parents world 16-22
• False assumption we will always belong to our
  parents believe in their world
• Im nobodys baby now 22-28
• False assumption I have to do it my parents
  way
• Opening up to whats inside 28-34
• False assumption Life is simple controllable

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Daniel Levinsons Developmental Periods

• Era of Preadulthood 0-22
• Early Adult Transition 17-22
• Early Adulthood 17-25
• Entry life Structure Early 22-28
• Age 30 Transition 28-33
• Culminating Life Structure Early 33-40
• Mid-life Transition 40-45
• Entry Life for Middle Adulthood 45-50
• Age 50 Transition 50-55
• Culminating Life Structure Mid 55-60
• Late Adult Transition 60-65

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Tasks in Early Adulthood Period

• Early Adulthood Transition (17-22)
• Terminate Adolescent Life structure by leaving
  pre-adult world
• Form structure for living in adult world
• Entry Life Structure for Early adulthood (22-28)
• Fashion Test out initial life
  structures-Shaping their dreams
• Age 30 Transition (28-30)
• Work on flaws in life structure
• Culminating Life Structure Early Adulthood
  (33-40)
• Establish ones niche in society
• Work at advancement Strive to succeed upward

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Stages of Adult Development

• Young Adulthood 18-25
• Early Adulthood 25-40
• Middle Adulthood 40-65
• Late Adulthood 65-75
• Late, Late Adulthood from 75-death

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Young Adulthood 18-25

• Pull up roots from family of origin
• Develop an individual sense of autonomy
• Learn personal management skills
• Develop an occupational identity
• Learn to adjust in "adult" world
• Test power establish conflict resolution
• Establish intimate relationships social
  networks
• Get involved in community life  
• Explore courting maintain intimate friendships
  with trust, love, and caring
• Maintain healthy, stable appropriate sexual
  interaction in relationships  

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Early Adulthood 35-40

• Commit to a marital partner
• Define establish goals to solve problems and
  establish family-life model  
• Provide mutual support, help energy to enrich
  relationship  
• Establish a family system by having children
  expand family system
• Shift attention to role of parenting
• Focus attention on the children's needs
• Assist children to enter new environments
• Make periodic reassessment of couple relationship
• Adjust to changes in couple relationships

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Middle Adulthood 40-65

• Evaluate one's life structure marriage
• Extend roots in community Refine social network
   
• Expand personal relationships  
• Revise status in community  
• Prepare plan for retirement /or loss of spouse
     
• adjust to "empty nest syndrome  
• Review reassess progress made in life  
• Search for accommodation between aspirations
  realities  
• Evaluate success, failure search for future
  goals  

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Late Adulthood 65-75

• Prepare for accept retirement  
• Expand retired community interest areas, taking
  new roles senior-citizen status  
• Adjust to loss by death of mate, friends other
  loved ones  
• Become reconciled to one's impending death
  accept one's personal mortality    
• Adjust to the role of mentor sage in extended
  family  
• Relate reasonably with married children, their
  spouses grandchildren  
• Re-stabilize reorder one's priorities  
• Deal in healthy way with loss of youthfulness,
  vigor health  

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Late,Late Adulthood 75-death

• Deal effectively with aging, illness death
• Support enhance each spouse's struggle for
  productivity fulfillment in face of aging  
• Be reconciled to one's impending death  
• Cope with death of spouse, loved ones, family
  members close friends  
• Continue involvement in all aspects of one's life
  to maintain some sense of order to it  
• Enhance friendships, caring, sexuality
  companionship due to changes of aging  
• Review one's life accept all perceived or real
  shortcomings, failures, or successes  
• Accept being cared for by one's family