Adolescence and Adulthood Psychology

Lesson

EQ: According to Erik Erikson, what role does each period of life play in individual’s development?

Vocabulary:• Identity• Generativity• Midlife crisis• Menopause• Ego integrity• Epigenic Principles

Reading: An Identity of Wisdom

•MILIEU: the physical or social setting in which people live or in which something happens or develops

James Marcia

• Refining and extending Erik Erikson’s work, James Marcia came up with four Identity Statuses/States of psychological identity development. • The main idea is that one’s sense of identity is

determined largely by the choices and commitments made regarding certain personal and social traits.

Marcia’s Identity Status

Identity Diffusion

• The status in which the adolescent does no have a sense of having choices; he or she has not yet made (nor is attempting/willing to make) a commitment

Identity Foreclosure

• The status in which the adolescent seems willing to commit to some relevant roles, values, or goals for the future. Adolescents in this stage have not experienced an identity crisis. They tend to conform to the expectations of others regarding their future (e. g. allowing a parent to determine a career direction) As such, these individuals have not explored a range of options.

Identity Moratorium

• The status in which the adolescent is currently in a crisis, exploring various commitments and is ready to make choices, but has not made a commitment to these choices yet.

Identity Achievement

• The status in which adolescent has gone through a identity crisis and has made a commitment to a sense of identity (i.e. certain role or value) that he or she has chosen

Activator:

Questions to Ponder:1. When do you think adulthood begins?

Essential Question

•How does young adulthood differ from adolescence?

Adolescence • Definition: A defined period

between the normal onset of puberty and the beginning of adulthood.

• Characteristics• Biological Growth/Development• Undefined Status• Increased Decision Making• Increased Pressure• The Search for Self

Undefined Status

Rites of PassageDefinition: Rituals marking the transitional phase between childhood and full inclusion into a tribe or social group.

Ex. Bar Mitzvah, Vanuatu Land Diving, Graduation, Quinceañera, and Walkabout

Increased Pressure

VS

Young people are under pressure to strike a balance between parental wishes and peer pressures

Search for Self

Anticipatory socialization: learning the rights, obligations, and expectations of a role to prepare for assuming that role in the future.

Can come in the form of• Part-time work• Club membership• Dating

Functions of Dating

• Entertainment• Socialization• Psychological needs

such as conversation, companionship, and understanding• Status attainment• Spouse selection

Activator:

Questions to Ponder:1. What are the most important qualities in a mate?

Attraction• Contributors to Attraction• Proximity: Physical closeness (mere exposure)• Physical Attractiveness: Pleasant physical appearance (often

different depending on culture), signs of health such as symmetry (universal)• Similarity: Commonalities between two people• Opposites?: Complementary Qualities• Reciprocity: The tendency to like those who like you

Triangular Conception of Love

As proposed by Robert Sternberg

Erik Erikson Quiz

Lesson

EQ: According to Erik Erikson, what role does each period of life play in individual’s development?

Vocabulary:• Midlife crisis• Menopause• Empty-nest syndrome• Midlife Crisis

Activator:

Midlife Crisis

Activity

Lesson

EQ 1: According to Erik Erikson, what role does each period of life play in individual’s development?EQ 2: According to Kubler-Ross, how do individuals deal with grief, change, and death?

Vocabulary• Dementia• Alzheimer’s• Ego integrity

Activator: Brainstorm• Many Americans have stereotypical views regarding

older adults. Brainstorm a list of stereotypes associated with old age. Record your answers.

Late Adulthood JigsawChanges NotesPhysical

Cognitive

Social

Use pages 344-347 in Psychology: Principles in Practice

Suggest solutions to problems related to these areas using the information from the text.

Ego integrity

Adjustment

Reshaping Life

Outlook

Self-Challenge

Myths vs. Realities• Using the responses from the brainstorm activator and the

information learned through the jigsaw, prepare a late adulthood myths and realities chart. (See pg. 345 for a sample)

Read with a Purpose• As pairs, read Cultural Perspectives on Grief and Death and

complete the Thinking Critically. (page 355)• Be prepared to share out.

Kubler-Ross Stages of Dying(Change)

Questions to Consider:1)Do you recognize these reactions to change in yourself?2)Have you seen it in others?3) Are there other important stages in your own reaction to change?