PSYC 2070 : Exam 3 Study Guide
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Early adulthood: late teens to early 30s. Middle adulthood: 40-45 years of age to 60-65 years. Late adulthood: 60-70 to death: some developmentalists divide late adulthood, young-old are aged 65 to 74, old-old are aged 75 or more, oldest-old are aged 85 or more. Erikson"s psychosocial crisis for each developmental period: erikson"s identity versus identity confusion: security and adult autonomy. Intimacy should occur after one is well into establishing a stable and successful identity. Intimacy is finding oneself while losing oneself in another person. Impact of childhood attachment and temperamental on adult experience. Life expectancy: the number of years that the average person born in a particular year will probably live: has increased an average of 30 years since 1900, average life expectancy today is 77. 6 years. Japan has highest life expectancy (81 years: differences in life expectancy across countries are due to factors such as health conditions and medical care.
