Human Behavior in the Social Environment II “Middle Adulthood: A Second Adolescence New York University Silver School of Social Work Spring 2014 Biological Factors: Demographic: Lester is a 42 year old‚ straight white male. He lives in an upper middle class neighborhood‚ a suburb‚ with his wife‚ Caroline and teenage daughter Jane. He finds both his personal as well as professional life unfulfilling. He feels both his wife and daughter have nothing but contempt for him and his work performance
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Cultural Migration during the Middle and High Ages The Early Middle Ages was the passé of European history enduring from the 5th to the 10th century. After the deterioration of the Roman Empire‚ the phase that followed would be a composition of a fallen government and an un-organized way of community life. Communities and nations found themselves migrating‚ searching for a better way of life. Migration was not always due to common factors of a fallen empire such as decline in bartering‚ nation populace
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As people approach the end of life‚ changes occur and special challenges arise. Growing older means confronting many psychological‚ emotional‚ and social issues that come with entering the last phase of life. In late adulthood emotions and stability vary widely. Theorist Erik Erikson (1902-1994) devised a framework for development based on psychosocial stages‚ and he defined the last stage of life as a tension between integrity and despair. Individuals either come to accept their lives as having
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Reconstruction was a period of time after the Civil War when the government set conditions for the South to join the Union. Many changes came from this; some good‚ some bad. Some of these changes include new white supremacy groups being formed‚ the assassination of Abraham Lincoln‚ and the introduction of sharecropping. One of the social changes that came with Reconstruction was new white supremacy groups being formed. White supremacy groups were formed to enlist fear onto mainly Blacks. One
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At the age of 65 years old‚ people enter the stage of life known as Late Adulthood. Often‚ families find it hard to believe that they have entered this stage‚ as this stage ends at death. For example‚ my wonderful grandmother who recently has just turned 68‚ has been in late adulthood for 3 years. She still does way more than the average teenager‚ like gardening‚ working on the farm‚ and she can even still do cartwheels! However‚ she knows that this is her last stage and that it is important for
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Young and Middle Adulthood Case Studies Patricia King BSHS/325 11/24/14 Melissa Russiano Young and Middle Adulthood Case Studies Young and Middle Adulthood is a time of change. It can be exciting or challenging time for young adulthood. It is a time for transition. Middle Adulthood is the prime time of your life. Most people tend to be fit and healthy. This case study will explore family‚ social and intimate relationships. It covers the affects that lead to health or unhealthy living. Case
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they are capable of doing. When they move into the school age they move into the industry versus inferiority stage‚ this leads to more complex thing and comparing themselves to their peers. Then they move into the identity versus role confusion stage during adolescents‚ where they are able to describe different sides to themselves as well as
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Find a credible article in the University Library related to issues of social development in adulthood. Write a summary of the article using at least 400 words in which you do the following: · Explain why you chose this topic and article. · If you had to write a research paper on this topic‚ would you use the article you selected? Explain why or why not. Submit a copy of your article selection‚ along with your summary as a Microsoft® Word attachment to your Assignment Section
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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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Marshall is a twenty-three year old male in the early adulthood stage of development. He has been married for almost a year now and has a 6-month-old child. He and his wife have recently bought their first home. He us almost finished with his bachelor’s degree in banking and finance. He is taking a few classes while also working a high stress full-time job. As far as physical development‚ he is in good health. He may be a few pounds overweight because he has become more sedentary since he
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