PSYC 250 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Mills College, Extraversion And Introversion, Agreeableness
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Conclusions: findings support what is called a cumulative personality model of personality development which states that with time and age people become more adept at interacting with their environment in ways that promote increased stability of personality. Love and marriage at midlife: one study revealed that marital satisfaction increased in middle age, divorce in middle adulthood may be more positive in some ways, more negative in others than divorce in early adulthood. The empty nest and its re lling: empty nest syndrome: decrease in marital satisfaction that occurs after children leave home, because parents derive considerable satisfaction from their children. Sibling relationships and friendships: 85% of adults today have at least one living sibling, sibling relationships in adulthood may be extremely close, apathetic, or highly rivalrous. 1981: divorce, adolescent pregnancies, and drug use by parens are the main reason that grandparents are thrust back into the parenting role.
