Early/Middle Adulthood
Average amount of time people are in the labor force
What is 50 years?
The study of aging and elder adults
What is gerontology?
The biological process the begins occurring during the biological growth and development characteristic
What is puberty?
The phenomenon where people often date other people similar to them
What is homogamy?
The age range of adolescence
What is 12-19?
Transitional stage named after an age where people's lives typically change direction
What is the Age 30 Transition?
The group of elder adults most at risk for suicide
Who are retired white men?
Characteristic that discusses how adolescents are treated both as adults and as children, often simultaneously
What is undefined status?
What is industrialization?
Name of the actress from the Thornbirds clip I played in the Adult chapter
Who is Barbara Stanwyck?
A popular phenomenon connected with one of Levinson's stages and characterized by (stereotypically) men trying to cling to their youth through erratic behavior
What is a midlife crisis?
The category of elder adult that is the oldest
Who are old-old adults?
Walkabouts, Rumspringa, and Quinceañeras
What are coming of age ceremonies?
Spouse selection method designed to end in marriage
What is courtship?
Popular actor and teen idol from the 1950s that I referenced numerous times in the adolescence chapter. (HINT: He was in the movie Rebel Without A Cause)
Who is James Dean?
The total population that is employed or seeking employment
What is the labor force?
Part of aging that can place a heavy strain on relationships, specifically parent-child relationships
The characteristic that states adolescents face more pressure to be certain things as they get older. What they are pressured to be can vary depending on who they are interacting with.
What is increased pressure?
Spouse selection method where both sexes participate in setting dates
What is dating?
The Tigerettes record
What is 166-3?
Development stage that happens for women at the same time that men are questioning their career decisions
What is the re-entering the work force stage?
The beginning age to be considered an elder adult according to Levinson's stages
What is 65?
Adolescents struggle with a lack of identity which is a key part of this characteristic
What is the search for self?
The first and primary function of dating
What is entertainment?
Two of the songs played in class during the adulthood chapter.
Any combination: What are Factory, Father & Son, Hello In There, and Cat's in the Cradle?