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    MIDDLE AND LATE CHILDHOOD Body growth and proportion • The period of middle and late childhood involves slow‚ consistent growth. During this period‚ children grow an average of 2 to 3 inches a year. • Muscle mass and strength gradually increase. • Among the most pronounced changes are decreases in head circumference‚ and leg length in relation to body height. Motor development • Motor dev becomes much smoother and more coordinated. • Children gain greater control over their bodies and can sit

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    Transitioning Into Young Adulthood Explain how emerging Adults make the transition to higher education and work (Papalia‚ Feldman‚ & Martorell‚ 2014). When I initially thought about going to college‚ I was fifty years old. The truth is I am a License Chemical Dependency Counselor (LCDC)‚ and have been in the counseling field for about eighteen years at the time. My manager and I were completing my annual review I was told without a degree my salary could not increase. My first thought was I am

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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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    several adults have been affected by traumatic events that have taken place during their childhood(s). Lenore C. Terr (January‚ 1999) states‚ "Childhood trauma appears to be a critical etiological factor in the development of a number of serious disorders both in childhood and in adulthood." To better understand childhood trauma‚ Terr defines this as‚ the "mental result of one sudden‚ external or a series of blows‚ rendering the young person temporarily helpless and breaking past ordinary coping

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    Middle Adulthood In the early 1900’s‚ the average life expectancy was forty-seven; however‚ medical advances now allow for the average life-span to last well into a person’s sixties. As a result of people living longer‚ it has now become an area for professionals to study life during the later age periods. The ages thirty to fifty-five are called middle adulthood and people are no longer restricted by parents or society and follow career paths of their choosing. It is a time where people socialize

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    PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT — mostly gradual changes — decreasing height / increasing weight — after 55‚ approximately 2 inches lost for men‚ 1 inch for women — decreasing bone density (for women‚ loss is twice as fast) — decreasing strength — 10% loss by 60 y — decreasing vision‚ light sensitivity — decreasing hearing (especially high frequencies) — decreasing kidney function (50% decrease) — decreasing cardiac output (1/2 of that of 20 year-old) COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT 1

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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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    Zainab Ali 3/23/15 Baez Pd. 8 Delayed Adulthood The “Catcher in the Rye‚” is a story about a young man named Holden Caufield and his resistance to the process of maturity‚ in other words known as delayed adulthood. A recent article published by The New York Times states that “Prolonged adolescence‚ in the right circumstances‚ is actually a good thing‚ for it fosters novelty-seeking and the acquisition of new skills.” Despite the fact that prolonged adolescence in beneficial‚ it seems like Holden

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    Little girls dream of marrying their daddies and boys dream of being president of the United States or some other larger than life character; but as they grow older they realize how different life is from what they imagined when they were six. As children develop through their adolescence many of the dreams hold true due to their ideas of right‚ wrong or what they want in life; but for some‚ their dreams may be modified‚ altered or crashed due to events in their lives‚ or the friends they begin to

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    EXPERIENCED DURING MIDDLE ADULTHOOD STAGE Thesis by: Mary Ann Domingo-Apacible‚ RN Submitted to the Faculty of the Institute of Graduate Studies Gordon College Olongapo City In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements For the Degree MASTER OF ARTS IN NURSING March 2011 CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction During middle adulthood‚ the body change physically

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