1. Psychosocial Development
Middle Adulthood
Chapter 16

2. General Adaption Syndrome
Dealing With Stress
Alarm Reaction
Resistance
Exhaustion
General Adaption Syndrome

3. Risk & Resilience
Is this glass half FULL or half EMPTY?
RESILIENCE

4. Marriage
Emotional Divorce
Empty Nest

5. Relationships with Aging Parents
Alzheimer’s Disease

6. We are pickier about friends We have tighter bonds with friends
Siblings & Friends
Starting at age 30…
We are pickier about friends
We have less friends
We have tighter bonds with friends

7. Divorce

8. Sex & Love

9. Erikson: Generativity vs. Stagnation

10. Personality: Continuity vs. Change
Can a “Zebra” change their stripes? Can a person change?

11. Continuous Traits Theory
The Five Factor Model

12. The Mid-Life Transition
4 Polarities
Young/Old
Destructive/Creation
Masculinity/Femininity
Attachment/Separation
Stage Change Theory