Adult Stage Observation
Observation of middle adult took place at her residence at approximately four in the evening till six in the evening. Observed middle adult, adult T, is a 50 year old female. Adult T is not only the parent of four kids but the grandma of two. She lives with her husband and her youngest son. Adult T is currently in the generativity versus stagnation of Erikson’s psychosocial stages. (Berk, 2014) She is also in the formal operational stage or crystallized intelligence of Piaget’s stages of cognitive development. (Berk, 2014) Adult T was dressed in a very nice blouse and a pair of name brand jeans. She was playing with both of her grandchildren while I observed her. While she laughed and played on the floor with her grandkids I noticed the TV
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Adult T told me she was having a very hard time hearing things she normally could hear such as her phone ringing, the radio in her car or the television at home. She has had to increase the volume on all of these in order to hear it. The “age-related hearing loss is a condition called presbycusis.” (Berk, 2014 p 503) Also the difficulty moving could be a result of “a gradual loss in bone density that begins around age 40 and accelerates in the fifties, especially among women. (Berk, 2014 p 504) Reduction in bone density during adulthood is substantial…” about “20 to 30 percent in women.” After discussing hearing and moving I asked her about her looks, did she feel they had changed any. Adult T turned to look at her face in the mirror next to where we were standing and said “makeup use to look so well on me and …show more content…
In middle adulthood you have found your calm, you have put all of your ducks in a row. This stage is the time you should enjoy your life and everyone in it. It is the time when you go from struggling to comfort, in most cases, it is the time you are most productive in your work or career. Managing work and family has become more natural and you don’t have to fight, as much, to keep it all together. Supporting your family and yourself is more balanced and more than likely you have already started your retirement. However, you’re not at the retirement age yet and still have years to go before you get
Adult T told me she was having a very hard time hearing things she normally could hear such as her phone ringing, the radio in her car or the television at home. She has had to increase the volume on all of these in order to hear it. The “age-related hearing loss is a condition called presbycusis.” (Berk, 2014 p 503) Also the difficulty moving could be a result of “a gradual loss in bone density that begins around age 40 and accelerates in the fifties, especially among women. (Berk, 2014 p 504) Reduction in bone density during adulthood is substantial…” about “20 to 30 percent in women.” After discussing hearing and moving I asked her about her looks, did she feel they had changed any. Adult T turned to look at her face in the mirror next to where we were standing and said “makeup use to look so well on me and …show more content…
In middle adulthood you have found your calm, you have put all of your ducks in a row. This stage is the time you should enjoy your life and everyone in it. It is the time when you go from struggling to comfort, in most cases, it is the time you are most productive in your work or career. Managing work and family has become more natural and you don’t have to fight, as much, to keep it all together. Supporting your family and yourself is more balanced and more than likely you have already started your retirement. However, you’re not at the retirement age yet and still have years to go before you get