EDP 132 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Midlife Crisis, Sandwich Generation, Job Satisfaction
15 Dec 2016
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Chapter 16: social and personality development in middle adulthood. Generativity - involves an interest in establishing and guiding the next generation. Teaching, mentoring, shifts to caring for others. Those who don"t develop this reach stagnation, indulging themselves. Related to satisfaction in life and work to emotional wellbeing. Paid vacation or being a stay at home mom/dad. Need to be happy with work related choices. Keeper of the meaning- middle aged adults focus on preserving the institutions and values of their culture that they believe would benefit future generations. Arts, educational institutions, historical preservation societies, political organizations. Motivated by the desire to ensure that their home carries on after death. Person must confront difficult tasks at midlife. Adapting to major changes in most roles. Some argue that it"s triggered by specific events (loss of job or death of close friend/family) Life events approach-focuses on normative and nonnormative events and how adults in this age group respond to them.
