PSYC 31282 Study Guide - Midlife Crisis, Nules
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Early adult transition (ages 17-22): identity vs. role confusion stage. Adult world (ages 22-28): exploring adult roles and formulating dreams about. Settling down (early 30s): rethink where you want to go in life; make sure your on future the right path. Boom (35-39): becoming one"s own man (high point of early adulthood) Midlife transition (ages 40-45): midlife crisis; reevaluate life. Late adulthood transition (ages 60-65: define script. Script: set of rules for interpreting, creating, and enhancing a family of related scenes (memory of specific happening or event). Nuclear script: negative events or scenes: start out positive, then marked by confusion, then turn out bad, may worry that future events may turn out negative, define narrative identity. Narrative identity: internalized and evolving story of the self that provides unity, purpose, and meaning. Redemptive self: early advantage, suffering of others, moral steadfastness, redemption sequence, pro-social future. Coherence: how well the story makes sense: not good if no bad events, example: timeline.
