CHAPTER 7 The Adult in Society

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CHAPTER 7The Adult in Society

• Section 1 Early and Middle Adulthood
• Section 2 The World of Work
• Section 3 The Later Years

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Objectives
Section 1 Early and Middle Adulthood

• Summarize Daniel Levinsons theory of adult male
  development.
• Identify and describe the stages of adult female
  development.

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Three Stages of Adult Male Development
Section 1 Early and Middle Adulthood

• Early Adulthood ages 17-39, involves entering
  the adult world, choosing a career, establishing
  oneself in society, and making and re-evaluating
  commitments
• Middle Adulthood ages 40-59, involves
  self-examination, reformulation of life goals,
  perhaps a midlife crisis, realization of ones
  own mortality
• Late Adulthood 60 to 75, involves transitions

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Phases of Adult Female Development
Section 1 Early and Middle Adulthood

• Phase 1 Leaving the Family young women leave
  home, break from their parents, and form a life
  plan, with an emphasis on marriage over
  establishing a career.
• Phase 2 Entering the Adult World many women,
  often in their twenties, marry and have children.
  More than half combine work and motherhood.
  Others leave work, which limits later job
  opportunities.

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Phases of Adult Female Development
Section 1 Early and Middle Adulthood
(continued)

• Phase 3 Entering the Adult World Again many
  women, often in their early thirties, return to
  work after their children start school. They then
  pursue their career goals, similar to men in
  their twenties.

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Objectives
Section 2 The World of Work

• Describe how the nature of work in the United
  States has changed.
• Explain how the composition of the labor force in
  the United States has changed.

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Changes in the Nature of Work and the Labor Force
Section 2 The World of Work

• Farming and Manufacturing fell from 85 percent
  of the U.S. labor force in 1900 to 27 percent in
  2000 most work now is in professions, office
  work, sales, and service jobs
• Education workers education level has
  increased about 90 percent of workers aged 25 to
  64 have high school diplomas about one third
  have college degrees

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Changes in the Nature of Work and the Labor Force
Section 2 The World of Work
(continued)

• Women have increased as a percentage of the
  total labor force now hold about half of all
  professional jobs
• Minorities have increased as a percentage of
  the total labor force in particular Hispanics,
  who are the fastest growing group of American
  workers

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Change in the Composition of the Labor Force
Section 2 The World of Work

• Increase in the number of women and minorities in
  the labor force
• Better educated workforce
• Changes in the type of work people do
• Increase in career changes

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Objectives
Section 3 The Later Years

• Describe the characteristics of life during late
  adulthood.
• Identify the new challenges that older Americans
  face.

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Life During Late Adulthood
Section 3 The Later Years

• Young-Old ages 65 to 74 issues related to the
  adjustment of retirement
• Middle-Old ages 75-84 issues related to
  declining physical and mental functioning,
  dependency, and death
• Old-Old ages 85 issues related to declining
  physical and mental functioning, dependency, and
  death

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New Challenges of Older Americans
Section 3 The Later Years

• Adjustment to retirement
• Declining physical and mental functioning
• Dealing with dependency and death