Health Sciences 2711A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Middle Age, Stereotype Threat, Cognitive Training

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 2711A/B
• Professor: Marie Savundranayagam

Document Summary

Life does(cid:374)"t al(cid:449)ays happe(cid:374) i(cid:374) this step(cid:449)ise fashio(cid:374) Stages of life we focus on: young adults - intimacy vs. isolation, middle age - generativity vs. stagnation. Feeling like you have given back to the world. Images from the video that relate to erikson"s stages: quite a few related to generativity - volunteering, giving back. Identity process theory: our identity will change as we get older, dynamic change. Threshold experience: as we get older threshold experiences occur, normal age-related changes (physical, social, psychological, etc. , act as a noticeable challenge to your identity. An illness: 3 ways to respond to threshold experiences. Identity assimilation: interpret this new experience in terms of your existing identity. "that"s (cid:374)ot (cid:373)e: pro: feel good regardless of a bad experience, identity isn"t shattered, con: distorted interpretations of experiences, denial, blaming external factors. Identity accommodation: change our identity in response to an experience: complete change in sense of self.