Key Terminology
The term that has the definition "when individuals become troubled by internal or external factors" and an example of this.
What is the term "crisis" and what is the mid-life crisis phase?
The four main eras of Levinson's Seasons of Life Theory.
What are childhood/adolescence, early adult era, middle adult era, and late adulthood era?
The different seasons often used to explain how an individual grows and becomes an adult?
Why is this theory relevant today?
The two theorists associated with this theory other than Levinson himself.
Who were Gail Sheehy and Erik Erikson?
True or False: This theory represents the views of only a limited number of men which make is a disadvantage.
What is true?
The life structure is comprised of 3 general phases.
What are the novice phase, mid-era phase, and the culminating phase?
These are the ages that each era covers of Levison's theory covers.
What is the age of 0-17 for childhood/adolescence, 17-40 for the early adult era, 40-60 for the middle adult era and 60+ for the late adulthood era?
This is where and what Levinson studied in university.
Where is UC Berkely and Harvard, what is psychology?
This is the title of Sheehy's book and a little bit about what it is about.
What is the book "Passages: Predictable Crisis of Adult Life", and what is a woman's life structure?
True or False: This theory is only based on the lives of men which is an advantage.
What is false?
This is the definition of an advisor figure.
Who is a person that fosters the “dream” of their mentee by teaching, educating, sponsoring, and guiding them through complicated job-related and social careers?
This is the stage and age where physical development in males start to slow down, and instead, intellectual, social, and emotional development begin to rise.
What is the preschool and grade-schooler age from 3-10 years of age?
This is when Levinson did his interviews for middle adulthood and this is how many men he interviewed of a certain age group.
When is the 1960s? Also, what are the interviews of 40 men aged 35-45?
This was the foirst of three researchers including Levinson, Sheehy and Dr. Roger to complete their book.
Who is Gail Sheehy?
This is an advantage that relates to the idea of different backgrounds being represented in the interviews.
What are different social, political, marital, economic, and racial backgrounds?
This is the defintion of the stable period and an example of it.
What is a period when critical life choices and changes are made, for example entering the adult world?
This is the stage and age where males start to distance themselves from their family.
What is the early adult transition stage from age 17-22?
This is what Levinson had discovered after doing his interviews.
What are the discoveries of a man's life from the late teens to the early 40s as well as the idea that seasons can describe the life cycle?
Two of these theorists had dertermined that people do not only develop, but the changes are monumental and they significantly affect adults?
Who are Levinson and Erikson?
This is a disadvantage that relates to diversity.
What is the misrepresentation of global views?
This is the defintion of the transitional period and an example of it.
What is a period when it isthe end of one stage and the beginning of a new one, for example, the midlife transition?
These are all of the transitional periods within Levinson's theory.
What are the infancy and toddlerhood, early adolescence, early adult transition, age 30 transition, midlife transition, age 50 transition, and late adult transition stages?
These are some other reasons for the relevance of the theory today.
* A few possible answers*
Why does a person leave their family of orientation and move away to start a new family of procreation at age 18-22? Also, why do adolescents transition to adults who will revaluate their life and major decisions?
Levinson had originally refused to work with Sheehy and recommended that she visit someone else to collaborate with and the reason he gave was _______.
Who is Dr. Roger Gould and did he have prior commitments?
This is an advantage of Levinson's theory that was not represented in the theories of Piaget or Freud.
What is the whole life representation of a man?