Chapter Ten
This life stage is the period between the late teens and mid-to-late 20s when individuals are no longer adolescents but not yet fully adults.
What is emerging adulthood?
Sternberg's triarchic model of love includes these three components that shape romantic relationships.
What are passion, intimacy, and commitment?
This condition is characterized by porous bones that break easily.
What is osteoporosis?
This term describes the number of years a person can expect to live, influenced by genetics, environment, and lifestyle.
What is longevity?
After losing mobility, this kind of adaptive strategy explains why Joe joins a phone-based book club to stay connected.
What is proactive adaptation?
The movement into the next stage of development marked by new responsibilities and duties, such as voting or starting full-time employment.
What is a role transition?
Crystallized intelligence, which involves accumulated knowledge, tends to do this as people age.
What is increase?
Erikson’s seventh stage of psychosocial development focuses on this concept of helping the next generation and contributing to society.
What is generativity?
This theory of aging suggests that limited energy availability and cellular processes contribute to lifespan.
What is the metabolic theory?
Henry reflects on his life and feels proud of his accomplishments, an experience central to this Erikson's outcome.
What is integrity?
The single largest contributor to health problems during emerging adulthood.
What is smoking?
This parenting concept emphasizes the importance of family well-being over individual concerns.
What is familism?
This term describes the process where middle-aged adults reassess their roles and dreams, often adjusting their goals.
What is midlife correction?
These structures, found at the tips of chromosomes, shorten with age and are linked to cellular aging.
What are telomeres?
Jan feels deeply connected to her home because of the memories and meaning it holds, illustrating this concept.
What is sense of place?
This type of intelligence, which involves flexible thinking and problem-solving, declines throughout adulthood.
What is fluid intelligence?
This term refers to the advanced skill and knowledge individuals develop in middle adulthood through repeated practice and learning in a specific field.
What is expertise?
Middle-aged adults who care for both their children and aging parents are often referred to by this term.
What is the sandwich generation?
This type of memory, which includes the ability to recall specific events tied to a time or place, often declines with age.
What is episodic memory?
This theory says older adults invest their energy in a smaller circle of emotionally meaningful relationships.
What is socioemotional selectivity theory?
Erikson’s sixth stage of psychosocial development, often navigated during early adulthood, focuses on this dichotomy.
What is intimacy versus isolation?
These are the three broad themes of adult friendships, including emotional connection, shared activities, and mutual enjoyment.
What are the affective or emotional basis, the shared or communal nature, and the sociability and compatibility dimensions?
This framework views stress as the interaction between a thinking person and an event, including primary, secondary, and reappraisal processes.
What is the stress and coping paradigm?
These three changes in the brain are associated with Alzheimer’s and related diseases.
What are declining neurotransmitter levels, neurofibrillary tangles, and beta amyloid?
Tom’s installation of handrails after a fall reflects this part of the Preventive and Corrective Proactivity (PCP) framework.
What is corrective adaptation?