Chapter 13 Middle Adulthood: Cognitive‚ Personality‚ and social Development Introduction: This chapter introduces the middle adulthood stages for an individual. During this stage of development there are a lot of changes that are taking place‚ physically and mentally for the individual. The ground for responsibility gets higher during this time and it might change to further their fields of work. Raising children and keeping healthy relationships in middle adulthood is shown greatly during this time
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Middle Adulthood In the early 1900’s‚ the average life expectancy was forty-seven; however‚ medical advances now allow for the average life-span to last well into a person’s sixties. As a result of people living longer‚ it has now become an area for professionals to study life during the later age periods. The ages thirty to fifty-five are called middle adulthood and people are no longer restricted by parents or society and follow career paths of their choosing. It is a time where people socialize
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Middle Adulthood is a complex time period‚ at which many changes occur in both male and females‚ such as cognitive‚ physical‚ and social differences. This is a stage where nature kicks in most adults‚ and decrease in how the body hormone operates. Many adults experience challenges in different areas depending on their environment and achievements in life. Some middle age adults would start to feel insecure because of the change in their appearance. At this stage‚ they start to develop grey hair and
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Middle adulthood covers the time period between 30 to 65 years of age‚ and various physical changes are manifested during this time period. Describe two to three physical change manifested in the middle adulthood. Be sure to choose changes that other have not posted about yet. The health changes begin to manifest in the middle adulthood. During the middle adulthood the metabolism begins to slow down. Most of the people begin to gain weight‚ hypertension‚ heart problems‚ and cancer also occurs in
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A lot of changes occur in middle adulthood‚ which spans the ages of 40 to 65 (Rathus‚ 2016). People do not age at the same rate or in the same way‚ and this is known as interindividual variability. Unavoidable physiological aging is characterized by changes in hair‚ skin‚ and nails‚ senses‚ reaction time and lung capacity (Rathus‚ 2016). Other changes can be moderated and even reversed through diet and exercise‚ including metabolism‚ muscle mass‚ strength‚ bone density‚ and aerobic capacity. Diet
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Human Behavior in the Social Environment II “Middle Adulthood: A Second Adolescence New York University Silver School of Social Work Spring 2014 Biological Factors: Demographic: Lester is a 42 year old‚ straight white male. He lives in an upper middle class neighborhood‚ a suburb‚ with his wife‚ Caroline and teenage daughter Jane. He finds both his personal as well as professional life unfulfilling. He feels both his wife and daughter have nothing but contempt for him and his work performance
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Why is it that reptiles like lizards and snakes are capable of laying eggs as well as performing live births but birds can only lay eggs? As with most biological phenomena the mystery of why birds do not give birth to live young can be explained once again by Darwin and his theory of evolution. As per the norm with evolution this was a matter of life or death‚ survival of the fittest and adapting to changing environments over millions of years and many generations. Viviparity and oviparity. What
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because it is an average of many people. On page 353‚ Havighurst’s developmental tasks is discussed‚ and goals are categorized as early‚ middle or older adulthood. Early adulthood is mostly for finding a mate and starting a family‚ and becoming economically and socially secure. Middle adulthood is maintaining and building upon the bases of early adulthood. Older adulthood is the wrapping up of obligations and adjusting to ultimate death.For many people‚ these tasks may fit or other people they may
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things they are capable of doing. When they move into the school age they move into the industry versus inferiority stage‚ this leads to more complex thing and comparing themselves to their peers. Then they move into the identity versus role confusion stage during adolescents‚ where they are able to describe different sides to themselves as well as
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Marshall is a twenty-three year old male in the early adulthood stage of development. He has been married for almost a year now and has a 6-month-old child. He and his wife have recently bought their first home. He us almost finished with his bachelor’s degree in banking and finance. He is taking a few classes while also working a high stress full-time job. As far as physical development‚ he is in good health. He may be a few pounds overweight because he has become more sedentary since he
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