HDFS 1060 Lecture Notes - Lecture 36: Takers, Midlife Crisis
29 Mar 2017
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Chronological (actual age) versus psychological age (how old you feel, determined by quality of life or how well adjusted you feel given to your age) Physiological changes + psychological adaptations -> trajectory of middle adulthood. Stage specific sources of anxiety midlife polarities (focusing on the works of levinson, sheehy and. Tension between forces, developmental forces, that generates anxiety specific to middle adulthood. Tension surrounding this age and stage of life. How one responds to anxiety and how you develop after. Polarity one: young versus old. (i"m not young. Behavioral slowing: happens throughout adulthood, becomes obvious in middle adulthood. You aren"t as strong, reflexes aren"t as good, endurance and stamina is not there. Women and the changes in the markers of youth/femininity: menopause (no longer gets your period. Doesn"t just happen overnight, it happens over a couple of years. Men and changes in the markers of youth/masculinity: men more quickly lose muscle mass and add fat instead.
