1. Jessen Blankenzee, Nicole Pate, Taylor Johnson, Tara Anderson
Adulthood
Jessen Blankenzee, Nicole Pate, Taylor Johnson, Tara Anderson

2. Vocabulary
Menopause- The biological event in which a women's production of sex hormones is sharply reduced.
Generativity- The desire, in middle age, to use ones accumulated wisdom to guide future generations.
Stagnation-A discontinuation of development and the desire to recapture the past.

3. Physical Changes Health Problems Menopause Marriage and Divorce
Sexual Behaviors

4. Health Problems 3 most common causes of death:
Heart disease, Cancer, Cirrhosis of the liver.
Drug Abuse
Inadequate diet

5. Menopause Between the ages of 45-50
The irritability and severe depression some women experience during the climacteric, however, appear to have an emotional rather than physical experience.
Climacteric- psychological and biological changes occurring at the time.

6. Marriage and Divorce
90% of adults in the United States will marry sometime in their life.
40-60% of new marriages end in divorce.
Good marriages:
Listen to each other
Focus on solving the problem
Show respect for each others views
Unhealthy Marriages
Ignoring or denying conflict
Exaggerating issues
Verbal fights

7. Sexual Behaviors
Studies have shown that sexual activity does not automatically decline with age.
Most older people who have an available partner maintain a quite vigorous sex life.
Those who are inactive cite boredom with a partner of long standing, poor physical conditions or illness (such as heart disease), or acceptance of the stereotype of loss of sex drive with aging.

8. Cognitive Changes
An adults reaction time begins to slow after a certain age.
Even with a decline in speed, people continue to acquire information and to expand their vocabularies as they grow older. The ability to comprehend new material and to think flexibly improves with years and experience.

9. Social and Personality Development
Levinson’s Theory of Male Development**
Entering the adult world
The Age thirty Crisis
Settling down
The midlife transition
Middle Adulthood

10. Levinson’s Theory of Male Development
Shows the developmental sequence of a mans life that Levison proposed. The Scheme emphasizes that development is an ongoing process that requires continual adjustment.

11. Entering the Adult World
From ages 22-28
The young man considers himself and by society, to be novice- not fully established as a man, but no longer an adolescent.
During this time, he attempts to resolve conflict between the need to explore the options of the adult world and the need to establish a stable life structure.

12. The age 30 crisis
Between ages 28-30, this is a major transitional period.
The 30th birthday can be a turning point called the “Age thirty crisis”.
Tentative commitments that remain in the 1st life structure are reexamined, and many questions about the choices of marriage partner, career, and life goals are reopened often in a painful way.
Mans feels that his life is incomplete and unsatisfying, because he feels it will be too late to make any major changes.

13. Settling down
Ages , there is a distinctive BOOM phase which is becoming ones own man. During this period the man becomes fully independent and strives to attain the sincerity and position in the world.

14. The midlife transition
This happens about the age of
The man begins to ask questions such as “What have I done with my life?”, “What have I accomplished?”, “what do I still wish to accomplish?”.
During his transition he develops yet another life structure.

15. Middle adulthood
Late 40’s, is a time when true adulthood can be achieved.
He finds satisfactory solutions to his life’s crisis, and reaches a period of stability.
He understands and tolerates others, he displays a sensitivity and concern for other people as people. He is able to strike a balance between the need for friend’s and need for privacy.

16. Female Development
The “Empty Nest” syndrome
Depression in midlife

17. The empty nest syndrome
A significant events in any women's lives is the departure of home from the last child!!!
Contrary to popular belief this event needs to not be traumatic, IN FACT it’s the best time of their lives!!

18. Depression in midlife
Depression can affect people of all ages, but is most common among middle aged woman.
Those who have defined themselves as child bearers now view themselves as useless, other woman welcome this time of life.
Some woman in their 50’s find that the nature of their marriage changes when they no longer have to focus their attention on the needs of their children.