Journal 6 Late Adulthood

PSY-241

Progressive Journal 6: Late Adulthood

Part 2: Written Portion

This is the written portion of the assignment. Please include the following in your typed paper:

1. List of Characteristics: Include a typed list of all characteristics.

2. Respond to the following questions:

a. Based on their health status and other relevant factors generated in all prior journals, identify whether your person has retired. Specifically discuss the impact of health/physical status, cognition, marriage, SES, temperament, parenthood/grandparenthood, career choice, generativity, family factors, etc. on your person’s ability (and/or desire) to retire or continue working.

b. Based on all the prior characteristics (temperament, SES, ethnicity, gender, education, occupation, children/grandchildren, generativity, relationships with others), identify how successful your person’s late life has been. You should specifically identify whether they have had success in Erikson’s ego-integrity versus despair stage of development AND which type of late-life theory fits best with their life (disengagement theory, activity theory, or socioemotional selectivity theory).

Type your paper as indicated in the general instructions. You should not retype the questions in the body of your paper. Answer each question using complete sentences and paragraphs. Your answers should not reflect your opinions or personal experiences. Your score will be based on how well you support the answer you provide. Be sure to explain both how you used each of the characteristics you discuss (e.g., are they RISK or PROTECTIVE factors?) and provide support for your statements/decisions based on information from the textbook, including page numbers.