Some theories of late adulthood are called self theories because they focus on individuals’ perceptions of themselves and their ability to meet challenges to their identity. They are theories that emphasize the core self‚ or the search to maintain one’s integrity and identity. (Other theories are called stratification theories because they describe the ways in which societies place people on a particular life path.) These negotiations to the challenges faced in late adulthood are crucial when faced
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Perspective on Changes in Adulthood Angela Perez BSHS/342 November 7‚ 2011 Melinda Barker‚ LMFT Personal Perspective on Changes in Adulthood Adults go through many changes throughout their adult lifespan. The types of changes adults go through in adulthood include physical‚ cognitive‚ emotional‚ and social changes. Whether an individual is in young adulthood‚ middle adulthood‚ or late adulthood‚ change is inevitable. I am in the middle adulthood stage of life‚ so my personal views may change as I
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Physical During late adulthood‚ physicality becomes harder to attain. As adults get older they will eventually have hearing loss‚ restful sleep‚ weaker immune system‚ physical appearance and mobility‚ and touch sensitivity for some adults. “Physical declines become more apparent in late adulthood‚ as more organs and systems of the body are affected.” My grandmother experienced a few of these symptoms. Due to hearing loss‚ there were times people had to constantly repeat themselves while standing
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Frank Beckman‚ he is the father of Gil‚ Larry‚ Helen and Susan. His life gets tested across the three stages of adulthood based on the Erik Erikson psychological theory of life stages. He starts off at the sixth stage‚ Intimacy versus isolation. In this stage of life-span development people face the task of forming intimate relationships. If they form healthy intimate relationship with the partner‚ the intimacy will be achieved; if not‚ isolation will occur‚ (Santrock‚ 2016‚ p. 19). Intimacy gets
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Checkpoint: Changes from Adolescence Through Adulthood PSY/210 For each of three developmental domains: physical‚ cognitive‚ and social/personality‚ identify two major changes or challenges associated with that developmental stage (adolescence‚ young adulthood‚ middle adulthood‚ and late adulthood). |Stage of Development |Physical Development |Cognitive Development |Social/Personality Development | |Adolescence |The main change in physical
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Late adulthood is a developmental stage reached around the age of 65 years and spanning till death‚ making it the last stage of life. During this stage individuals are impacted through a number of biological‚ psychological and social factors‚ and face many issues such as living arrangements and elder abuse. Erikson’s psychosocial theory of ego integrity versus despair and the stress as a transaction theory help provide some insight into why the issues of living arrangements and elder abuse occur
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Young adulthood is characterised as the developmental stage between eighteen to mid-thirties (Nagy‚ 2014b‚ p. 422). Processes are predominately associated with maturation and socialisation with the adult world. It is a period associated with new experiences and steps towards independence such as careers‚ family roles and evaluating these choices (Nagy‚ 2014b‚ p. 422). The physical changes associated with young adulthood are developmentally complete and are more to do with physical changes nearing
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Middle Adulthood is a complex time period‚ at which many changes occur in both male and females‚ such as cognitive‚ physical‚ and social differences. This is a stage where nature kicks in most adults‚ and decrease in how the body hormone operates. Many adults experience challenges in different areas depending on their environment and achievements in life. Some middle age adults would start to feel insecure because of the change in their appearance. At this stage‚ they start to develop grey hair and
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A lot of changes occur in middle adulthood‚ which spans the ages of 40 to 65 (Rathus‚ 2016). People do not age at the same rate or in the same way‚ and this is known as interindividual variability. Unavoidable physiological aging is characterized by changes in hair‚ skin‚ and nails‚ senses‚ reaction time and lung capacity (Rathus‚ 2016). Other changes can be moderated and even reversed through diet and exercise‚ including metabolism‚ muscle mass‚ strength‚ bone density‚ and aerobic capacity. Diet
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Earlier research showed that personality traits did not change from adulthood to old age. However‚ as described in the article‚ “Personality Traits Change in Adulthood”‚ this assumption is no longer accurate. “Research now shows that personality traits continue to change in adulthood and often into old age and that these changes may be quite substantial and consequential” (Roberts & Mroczek‚ 2008). This finding is surprisingly accurate and has been evident through the experiences of the older adults
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