unit 5 chapter 12: adulthood. warm up 02/19 what does it mean to be an adult?
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Unit 5
Chapter 12: Adulthood
Warm up 02/19
• What does it mean to be an adult?
• ages 20-40
• learning to be independent
• Reassessment - in 30so reevaluating decisions
am I on the right path?o might make a new life patho around the age most get married
Young Adulthood
• Settling Downo focus on advancing careers o more people postponing marriage and kids until
mid-30s
• Marriage/Relationshipso more likely to last with stabilityo Erikson- without intimate relationships you will be
isolated & lonely
• Marriage/Relationshipso patriarchy - men dominate familieso couple more likely to share in responsibilitieso marrying for love was not always the caseo choosing a spouse
generally marry people similar to you roughly the same age (usually)
• Divorceo Causes
“no-fault” divorce laws• easier to get a divorce?
increased economic independence for women unrealistic expectations of marriage
o financial burden the standard of living of one person likely to
fall child support & alimony
• Divorceo children of divorce
step-families create new dynamics stressful for the children regardless of age
You already wrote a letter to yourself…now it’s time to put those ideas into a plan.
• List the accomplishments you would like to achieve in the next 10 years
• include school, career, family, hobbies, etc.
10 year plan
• patriarchy
• generativity
• midlife crisis
• empty-nest syndrome
• menopause
• programmed theories
• hospice
• bereaved
Chapter 12 Vocab
• cellular damage theories
• cross-linking
• dementia
• senile dementia
• Alzheimer’s disease
• ego integrity
• euthanasia
• living wills
• What is a midlife crisis?
• Do you think that they are common?
Warm up 02/24
• ages ~40-65
• Generativityo the ability create, originate, and produceo maintain and enhance self-esteemo career, family, & communityo no generativity = stagnation
lack of achievement or development
Middle Adulthood
• Transitiono “how many years do I have left?”o crisis vs. age mastery
decided what to do with the remainder of their lives
o “middlescence” search for new identity
• Empty-Nest Syndromeo feeling of loss parents feel when their children
leave o allow women to set new personal goals
• Menopauseo end of menstruation (late 40s -50s)o hormonal changes
mood swings & irritabilityo men have a decline in testosterone
1. What identity status involves delaying making decisions?
2. What identity status involves not being committed to a set of personal beliefs?
3. What identity status involves making decisions that leave out other paths?
Warm up 12/03
• 65+
• Physical Changeso wrinkleso brittle bones
Late Adulthood
• Why do people age?o programmed theories
predetermined course of aging heredity
o Cellular Damage Theories malfunctioning cells environment influences aging
• Cognitive Changeso Senile Dementia
loss of cognitive functiono Alzheimer’s
not a normal part of agingo Vascular Dementia
bursting blood vessel in brain
• Social Changeso Retiremento Grandparenthoodo Living Arrangements
“I’ve fallen and I can’t get up.” most are independent
• Successful Agingo ego integrity
maintaining dignityo adjustment
more adjusted = happier self-challenge leads to more fulfilling older life
• It can be whatever you want
• things to considero musical tasteso televisiono goalso family planning
• Self-address the back ...I will mail it to you in ~10 years.
Write a letter to yourself...
• What is death?
• Why are most people afraid to die?
Warm up 02/26
• Stages of Dying - Kübler-Ross
1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance
Death and Dying
• Dying with Dignityo Hospice - patients and families given physical &
emotional support dealing with terminal illnesso euthanasia - mercy killing
physician assisted suicideso Living Wills
pulling the plug
• Funeralo fairly expensiveo could leave loved ones in debt
• Bereavemento mourningo sudden deaths - families go through stages of
death
Death is not the opposite of life; it exists as a part of them.
• Toru Watanabe, from Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood (1987).
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
• Mark Twain
An artist’s interpretation of death
STUDY GUIDE!
• What do you want people to say about you when you are gone?
• How would you want to be described?
• Write at least a paragraph.
Write your own eulogy
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/livingold/view/
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