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Psychology in Action (8e) by Karen Huffman

Psychology in Action (8e) by Karen Huffman. Chapter 10: Life Span Development II Presented by: Mani Rafiee. Lecture Overview. Moral Development Personality Development Meeting the Challenges of Adulthood Grief and Death. Moral Development.

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Psychology in Action (8e) by Karen Huffman

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  1. Psychology in Action (8e)byKaren Huffman Chapter 10: Life Span Development II Presented by: Mani Rafiee

  2. Lecture Overview • Moral Development • Personality Development • Meeting the Challenges of Adulthood • Grief and Death

  3. Moral Development • Kohlberg developed a model of moral development based on responses to moral dilemmas.

  4. Moral Development—Kohlberg’s Levels and Stages PRECONVENTIONAL LEVEL Stage 1: punishment-obedience orientation Stage 2: instrumental-exchange orientation CONVENTIONAL LEVEL Stage 3: good child orientation Stage 4: law-and-order orientation POSTCONVENTIONAL LEVEL Stage 5: social-contract orientation Stage 6: universal ethics orientation

  5. Personality Development • Thomas & Chess’s Temperament Theory • Temperament: Basic, inborn disposition. • Three temperament styles: easy, difficult and slow-to-warm-up. • Styles seem consistent and enduring.

  6. Personality Development: Erikson’s Eight Psychosocial Stages • Trust vs. mistrust (0-1 year) • Autonomy vs. shame and doubt (1-3 years) • Initiative vs. guilt (3-6 years) • Industry vs. inferiority (6-12 years) • Identity vs. role confusion (adolescence) • Intimacy vs. isolation (young adulthood) • Generativity vs. stagnation (middle adulthood) • Ego integrity vs. despair (late adulthood)

  7. Personality Development—Myths of Development • Myth #1- Adolescence is a time of great storm and stress. • Myth #2- Most people experience a midlife crisis in their middle years. • Myth #3- Most parents experience a painful empty-nest syndrome when children leave home.

  8. Personality Development—Myth of the Empty Nest Syndrome

  9. Meeting the Challenges of Adulthood: Marriage • Research shows good marriages: • Establish “love maps.” • Share power and provide mutual support. • Practice conflict management. • Share similar values, beliefs, interests, etc. • Create a supportive social environment. • Maintain a positive emphasis.

  10. Meeting the Challenges of Adulthood: Families • Important family factors in development: • Violence • Teen pregnancy • Divorce

  11. Meeting the Challenges of Adulthood-Work and Retirement • Work: How can we find a career that best matches our personality and interests?

  12. Meeting the Challenges of Adulthood-Work and Retirement • Retirement: Should we follow the activity,disengagement, or socio-emotional selectivitytheory?

  13. Meeting the Challenges of Adulthood—The Socioemotional Selectivity Theory

  14. Grief and Death • Grief is a natural reaction to loss. • Four Major Stages of Grief: • Numbness • Yearning • Disorganization/Despair • Resolution

  15. Grief and Death • Cultures interpret and respond to death differently.

  16. Grief and Death (Continued) • Kübler-Ross developed a five stage theory of the psychological processes surrounding death: • Denial (“It can’t be true!”) • Anger (“Why me? It’s not fair!”) • Bargaining (“I’ll change everything!”) • Depression (“I’ve lost everything.”) • Acceptance (“I know my time is near.”)

  17. Psychology in Action (8e)byKaren Huffman End of Chapter 10: Life Span Development II Presented by: Mani Rafiee

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