Becoming An Adult
This phase bridges adolescence and full adulthood, typically spanning from late teens to late twenties.
What is emerging adulthood?
According to Sternberg, these three components make up the triangular theory of love.
What are passion, intimacy, and commitment?
This Eriksonian crisis characterizes the desire to contribute to society vs. feeling purposeless.
What is generativity vs. stagnation?
These basic self-care tasks, like bathing and feeding, are called this.
What are ADLs (Activities of Daily Living)?
The first stage of the Kubler-Ross model.
What is denial?
This term refers to the culturally expected timeline for achieving life milestones.
What is the social clock?
Over the decades, this graph shape describes the general trend of marital satisfaction.
What is a U-shaped curve?
These five traits—openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism—are known collectively as this.
What is the Big Five personality traits?
This memory theory explains why older adults prioritize emotionally meaningful goals.
What is socioemotional selectivity theory?
This type of care is focused on comfort, not cure, and often occurs at the end of life.
What is palliative care?
According to Erikson, this psychosocial stage is key during emerging adulthood.
What is identity vs. role confusion?
This parental role tends to involve more hands-on caregiving and emotional labor.
What is the mother's role?
This type of intelligence peaks in midlife and reflects accumulated knowledge.
What is crystallized intelligence?
This degenerative brain disease involves memory loss, confusion, and ultimately loss of functioning.
What is Alzheimer’s disease?
These legal documents express a person’s wishes about medical treatment if they cannot speak.
What are advance directives?
When individuals feel they are significantly ahead or behind life milestones, this may suffer.
What is emotional well-being?
This style of adult attachment is associated with low anxiety and high trust in relationships.
What is secure attachment?
Unlike crystallized intelligence, this type declines with age and reflects processing speed.
What is fluid intelligence?
These are more complex daily tasks, like managing money or cooking.
What are IADLs (Instrumental Activities of Daily Living)?
This type of grief tends to be especially intense and prolonged, like after the loss of a child.
What is complicated grief?
This concept involves complete absorption in an activity and is often tied to career satisfaction.
What is flow?
This type of modern job path involves frequent changes and a lack of a single employer.
What is a boundaryless career?
During midlife, many adults find this, not youth, is most associated with happiness and purpose.
What is meaning or purpose?
This Eriksonian final stage involves reflecting on life with either pride or regret.
What is integrity vs. despair?
This is a legal and ethical debate regarding whether terminally ill patients can choose to end their lives.
What is euthanasia?