PSY 3123 Final: Possible Short answer questions.docx

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3123
• Professor: Mary Theresa Howard

Document Summary

Possible short answer questions: compare both men and women in transition of midlife, the middle years contain a series of stressors at different stages. Couples who have stayed together for the sake of children may now separate: men at midlife focus on work and family. The stressor of this is the midlife crisis which is one of the major transitions in life. Men become frustrated and disappointed in themselves because of work and many men look for satisfaction from their families: women in midlife go through menopause, which means they are considered old at an age earlier than men. This is a physical life stage with a stigma attached to it; a loss of femininity. In midlife a mother may feel liberated that she is no longer involved in child rearing but may also feel the experience of the empty-nest-syndrome. Some women may experience a renewed marriage or re-enter the workplace.