What are age graded, history-graded, and nonnormative changes?
100
The important conflict at middle adulthood according to Erickson.
What is Generativity vs. Stagnation?
100
The sequence of events starting with marriage, continuing through rearing and launching children, empty nest and retirement, and finally death of both spouses.
What is the family life cycle?
100
When emerging adults become self-sufficient and move away leaving an "empty nest".
What is the launching period?
200
According to Costa & McRae evidence suggests personality traits are stable after this age.
What is 30 years old?
200
Growing down. The opposite of adolescing.
What is senescing?
200
The stage described by Vaillant that comes in late middle adulthood.
What is the keeper of meaning (vs. rigidity) stage?
200
Two filter criteria for elimination of ineligible partner candidates.
What are homogomy and compatibility?
200
The person in the extended family who helps the generations maintain contact.
Who is the kinkeeper?
300
Older individuals across cultures scored slightly higher on these two personality traits than younger adults.
What is Agreeableness and Conscientiousness?
300
The gradual reduction of reproductive ability in females.
What is menopause?
300
Historical events that affect one's whole cohort.
What are corhort effects?
300
Sternberg's three elements of love.
What are passion, intimacy, and commitment?
300
Adults with the double responsibility of caring for both aging adults and adolescent children simultaneously.
What is the sandwich generation?
400
McCrae and Costa assumed that personality traits are biologically based and not influenced by this.
What is the environment?
400
Lower levels of this hormone contributes to loss of muscle mass and bone density in males.
What is testosterone?
400
The idea that development is influenced by the intersection of chronological age, family-related roles, and membership in a birth cohort.
What is life-course perspective?
400
State described by Gottman which describes marriage as a relational system that seeks stability.
What is homeostatic steady state?
400
If one adult role is a source of stress, another role's success or satisfaction compensates.
What is role buffering?
500
Twins studies showed that this factor likely played a role in trait stability.
What is genetics?
500
The two kinds of underlying intellectual resources.
What is fluid intelligence and crystallized intelligence?
500
"Bolt from the blue" experiences that we don't anticipate.
What are nonnormative events?
500
Criticism, defensiveness, contempt, and stonewalling.
These are highly predictive of divorce.