Interview Assignment

Chapter 7

Adulthood

· Primary Aging and fitness

· Physical development complete

· Peak

· Brain wave patterns more mature

· Fitness

· Requires exercise and nutrition

· About 10% in US

· About 20% get moderate exercise

· Benefits of Exercise

· Cardiovascular fitness

· Increases lung capacity

· Strengthens muscles

· Greater flexibility

· Reduces osteoporosis

· Optimizes immune response decrease stress

· Increase sense of control and accomplishment

· One of the best Pay-Offs: Longevity

· Health and Safety

· Leading Causes of death

· Accidents

· Aids

· Cancer

· Heart disease

By middle adulthood (40-65), list reverse due to secondary aging (use/abuse of alcohol tobacco, drugs unprotected sex, lack of sleep, ETC)

Cultural health beliefs

· Eating, Nutrition and Obesity

· Many ignore good nutrition

· Gain weight

· Calorie reduction necessary

· 1/3 of us adults overweight

· Diets don’t work!

· KEY?

· Stress

Appraisal (Lazarus and Folkman, 1984) determines response to stress

· Primary

· Secondary

· Long-term

· Consequences

· Psychosomatic disorders

· Coping

Some adults better than others at COPING

· Problem-focused

· Emotion-focused

· Use of social support

· Defense coping

Hardiness?

Resilience?

· Cognitive Developments

Post formal Thought

Theory of G. Labouvie-Vief (1990)

· Suggests nature of thinking changes

· Goes beyond Piaget’s “formal” operations

· Depends more on realistic thinking, on experiences, on personal values, on judgments

· How we use information Schaie’s Stages (flow chart)

TAKE NOTES FROM LOUIE

· Intelligence: What Matters?

R. Sternberg’s TRARCHIC Theory Components

· Componential (analytical)

· Experimental (insightful)

· Contextual (aka practical)

Success in our career requires all 3

Creative thinking?

· Combining responses or ideas in creative ways; originality; divergent thinking.

· Higher education

· Period of developmental growth (knowledge and ways of understand words)

· Only 40% graduate in 4 years

· More women than men attend and graduate

· Campus diversity can stimulate critical thinking and multicultural understanding

· 26%+ of students in U.S are between 25 & 35

· Social/Personality Development

Components of Happiness

· Feeling independent

· Feeling competent

· Self esteem

· Relating well to others

Social Clock – is culturally determined (R. Helson) psychological “timepiece” that records major milestones.

· Seeking Intimacy:

Erikson’s View of Young Adults

· Intimacy – developing close, intimate relationships with others

Or

· Isolation – fear of relationship; loneliness

· Emerging Adulthood (J. Arnett, 2010)

· Developmental stage from late teens to mid 20’s

· Still self focused; still exploring identities

· Postponing many adult transitions (careers; marriage; parenthood)

· Friendship

· Important in adult life

· Fulfills need for companionship, approval and help

· How do we become friends?

· What qualities do you look for in a friend?

· How does love develop?

· People meet

· Interact

· Seek out each other’s company

· Open up over time

· Share physical interactions

· See themselves as a couple

· Sternberg’s Triangular Theory of Love

· Intimacy – feelings of closeness, affection, connection

· Passion – motivational drives relating sex, physical closeness, romance

· Decision/Commitment – love and determination to maintain that love

· Choosing a Partner/Attraction

Have you known anyone who has met his or her “match” online?

· In US love is major factor (as is mutual attraction)

· What else matters?

· In other countries, love is secondary

· Focus on maturity; healthy; education; chastity (virgin or not?)

· Marriage, POSSLQ & Other Choices

· Culmination of love relationship

· “Right” thing to do at certain age

· Legal benefits & protections

· Age at first marriage

· Men 29

· Women 27

How many people got married in the years?

· 1970 – 72%

· 2010 – 54%

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