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Page 1: Adulthood and Aging Module 13. Module Overview Early Adulthood Transitions and the Social Clock Physical Changes and Transitions Cognitive Changes and

Adulthood and Aging

Module 13

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Module Overview

• Early Adulthood Transitions and the Social Clock

• Physical Changes and Transitions

• Cognitive Changes and Transitions

• Social Changes and Transitions

Click on the any of the above hyperlinks to go to that section in the presentation.

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Early Adulthood Transitions and the Social

Clock

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Periods of Adulthood

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Social Clock

• The culturally preferred timing of social events such as marriage, parenthood, and retirement.

• The “best” timing for certain life events

• The timing varies from culture to culture.

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Emerging Adulthood

• A period from the late teens to the mid-twenties (and sometimes later), bridging the gap between adolescent dependence and full independence and responsible adulthood.

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Five Features of Emerging Adulthood

• Identity exploration

• Instability

• Self-focus

• Age of feeling between

• Age of possibilities

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Physical Changes and Transitions

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Physical Changes and Transitions:

Middle Adulthood’s Physical Changes

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Menopause

• When the menstrual cycle ends;

• also refers to the biological changes a woman experiences as her ability to reproduce declines.

• Usually occurs between age 45 and 55

• Does not usually lead to depression

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Physical Changes and Transitions:

Later Adulthood’s Physical Changes

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Physical Changes: Vision

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Physical Changes: Sense of Smell

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Physical Changes: Hearing

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Physical Changes and Transitions:

Diseases Related to Aging

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Alzheimer’s Disease

• A progressive and irreversible brain disorder characterized by gradual deterioration of memory, reasoning, language, and finally, physical functioning.

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Senile Dementia

• Mental disintegration that accompanies alcoholism, tumor, stroke, aging, and most often, Alzheimer's disease.

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Senile Dementia

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Cognitive Changes and Transitions

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Cognitive Changes and Transitions: Memory

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Aging and Memory

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Cognitive Changes and Transitions: Intelligence

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Fluid Intelligence

• The ability to reason speedily and abstractly.

• Can be used to solve novel logic problems

• Declines as people get older

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Crystallized Intelligence

• Accumulated knowledge and verbal skills.

• Tends to increase with age

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Age and Verbal/Nonverbal Intelligence

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Social Changes and Transitions

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Social Changes and Transitions:

College Majors, Work and Happiness

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College Majors

• Most college students:

– change their initial major field

– Cannot accurately predict the career they will have in later life

– Change careers once they enter the work force

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Social Changes and Transitions:

Love and Marriage

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Commitment to Love

• An important factor in adult happiness

• Lasting love includes:

– Intimate self-disclosure

– Shared emotional and material support

– Similar interests and values

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Commitment to Children

• Children result in a change in the marital relationship

• Potential disagreement on the division of labor with children

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Empty Nest

• The change married couples go through as a result of their children leaving home

• Not necessarily a negative event for couples

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Social Changes and Transitions:

A Lifetime of Well-Being

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Overall Life Satisfaction

• Most studies show the elderly as happy and satisfied with life.

• People tend to mellow with age.

• Most regrets focus on what the person didn’t do rather than mistakes they have made in life.

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Overall Life Satisfaction

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Social Changes and Transitions:

Dying and Death

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Reactions to Death

• Reactions to death are different from culture to culture.

• Attitudes toward death and dying are changing in the United States. --more openness --facing death with dignity; hospice helps

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