Is "early adulthood" as good as it gets? Should everyone go to college? Why get married? Is divorce a sign of a failed marriage? Is love a noun or a verb? Is there a difference between a "job" and a "career?"

After completing the Learning Activities for this Section, you should be able to:

1. IDENTIFY and ASSESS the sensory and psychomotor functioning of an "early" adult.
2. EVALUATE how good health is related to an individual's level of education.
3. IDENTIFY and DESCRIBE socioeconomic factors and health.
4. ASSESS Kohlberg's theory of moral development as it pertains to "early" adults.
5. RECOGNIZE who attends, and who does not attend college.
6. DESCRIBE and EVALUATE the "Normative-Crisis" approach to adult development.
7. LIST and APPLY some advantages and disadvantages to married life.
8. IDENTIFY and ILLUSTRATE the accountabilities of divorce.
9. SPECIFY why people become parents.
10. ASSESS the problem of domestic violence. 

Learning Activities

VIDEO PROGRAMS:  #17 "Early Adulthood: Biosocial..."  #18 "Early Adulthood:             `                                                        Cognitive..."  #19  "Early Adulthood:  Psychosocial..."

TEXT: Read Chapters 13 and 14

INTERNET SITES:

http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/NEWSCIENCE/reproduction/sperm/sperm.htm
An article on the decline in world wide male sperm count and the environment.

http://www.wisdomquotes.com/cat_marriage.html
# Quotations on marriage.

http://www.blissezine.com/
Everything a person wants to know about the wedding part of marriage.

SECTION TEN: MIDDLE ADULTHOOD

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Objectives/Outcomes

After completing the Learning Activities for this Section, you should be able to:

1. IDENTIFY the "markers" of Middle Age.
2. DEFINE and ASSESS the terms "menopause" and "climacteric."
3. DEFINE the concept "fluid intelligence."
4. LIST and Describe different occupational patterns of middle-aged people.
5. IDENTIFY and EVALUATE the characteristics of "mid-life crisis."
6. CONTRAST Erikson's "generativity versus stagnation."
7. DESCRIBE the differences between men's and women's development during middle age.
8. ASSESS the factors that influence whether a couple remains married or gets divorced.
9. DEFINE the term "empty nest."
10. IDENTIFY and EVALUATE relationships between older parents and middle-aged children.
 

Learning Activities

VIDEO PROGRAMS: # 20  "Middle Adulthood:  Biosocial..."  #21 "Middle Adulthood: Cognitive..."  #22 "Middle Adulthood:  Psychosocial..."

TEXT: Read Chapters 15 and 16 "Physical..." and "Psychosocial..."

INTERNET SITES:

http://www.divorcesupport.com/
Comprehensive divorce information network.

http://www.menopause.org/
The Homepage of the North American Menopause Society.

http://www.csun.edu/~psy453/menop_y.htm
 Male Menopause ?


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How old is "old?" Are you guilty of ageism? Is it good to grow old gracefully? Was Shakespeare right about aging? If forced retirement corporate murder? Is senility old fashion? Will our kids take care of us or will the government? Is there sex after sixty?
 

After completing the Learning Objectives for this Section, you should be able to:

1. DEFINE the term ageism.
2. DEFINE and COMPARE the terms senescence and "senility."
3. IDENTIFY and ASSESS the sensorimotor changes associated with old age.
4. IDENTIFY and EVALUATE cognitive/intellectual changes associated with old age.
5. IDENTIFY and ASSESS the accountabilities and symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.
6. CONTRAST Erikson's eight crisis integrity versus despair.
7. NAME two successful theories of aging.
8. EVALUATE the positive and negative characteristics of nursing homes.
9. ASSESS the issues of divorce and death among the elderly.
10. IDENTIFY the characteristic of sexual activity during late adulthood.

VIDEO PROGRAMS:  #23 "Late Adulthood:  Biosocial..."  #24 "Late Adulthood: Cognitive..."
#25  "Late Adulthood: Psychosocial..."

TEXT: Read Chapters 17 and 18

INTERNET SITES:

 http://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/ 
Breast Cancer Foundation

SECTION TWELVE: DYING AND DEATH

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Objectives/Outcomes

After completing the Learning Activities for this Section, you should be able to

1. DEFINE thanatology.
2. IDENTIFY and COMPARE the changing attitudes toward death from children to the old.
3. DEFINE and CONTRAST Kübler-Ross's five stages of dying.
4. DEFINE and CONTRAST the concepts of grief, mourning and bereavement.
5. IDENTIFY and COMPARE how mourning attitudes vary in different cultures.
6. IDENTIFY five "false" beliefs about dying and loss.
7. IDENTIFY and CONTRAST places of dying, e.g., home, hospice, hospital.
8. DEFINE the term euthanasia.
9. IDENTIFY the common characteristics of a "living will."
10. ASSESS if there is sex after death.

Learning Activities

VIDEO: #26  "Epilogue: death and Dying"

TEXT: Read Chapter 19:  "The End of Life"

INTERNET SITES:

All about death and dying---excellent site!

http://www.deathclock.com/
The Internet's friendly reminder that no matter where you go, someone is counting the seconds you have left to live.


http://www.growthhouse.org/thanatology.html
About Thanatology

1. Harry Helmsley (1997)
2. David Packard (1996)
3. Jerry Garcia (1995) .
4. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1994) copycopy.article
5. Chief Justice Warren Burger (1994) copy.
6. President Richard M. Nixon (1994) copycopy.
7. Doris Duke (1993)
8. John Lennon (1979) copy.
9. Elvis Presley (1977) copycopy
10. Florence Pamela Ford Carter Phinney (1895-1976)
11. Ruth Lowther Steen (1967)

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Activity theory	Hospice
Ageism	"Living Will"
Alzheimer's disease	Menopause
Bereavement	Mid-life crisis
Cohabitation	Non-normative life events
Death education	Normative life events
Dementia	Osteoporosis
Disengagement theory	Presbyopia
"Empty Nest"	Senescence
Euthanasia	Sexualizing
Gerontology	Surrogate
Grief	Thanatology
	Triangular theory of love

SELF TEST for MODULE THREE

Below are fifteen sample test items. They are presented as so to give you an idea of what kind of questions to expect on the Test that counts. Additionally, they will serve as a review. A good score is twelve or more correct.

1. Gender, race, and ethnicity have been shown to be
1. unrelated to death rates of young adults, who are uniformly healthy
2. only marginally related to health risks and death rates of young adults
3. related to the causes of death, but unrelated to death rates of young adults

4. significantly related to death rates and causes of death among young adults

2. The central development task of early adulthood is:
1. choosing an appropriate marriage partner.
2. achieving independence and self-sufficiency.
3. making career plans and choosing a vocational goal.
4. having children.

3. Herbie and Hope have just gotten married and wonder whether their marriage will be happy. The most appropriate question they could ask themselves is:
1. Was my childhood happy?
2. Am I sexually compatible with my spouse?
3. Are we of the same religion?
4. Were we both virgins before marriage?

4. Middle aged persons show a decline in:
1. muscle strength.
2. speed of reaction.
3. intelligence.
4. only one and two.

5. Preceding menopause, the body reduces its production of
1. estrogen
2. progesterone
3. testosterone
4. adrenaline

6. Death in middle age is most likely to occur as a result of
1. accidents
2. violent crime
3. natural causes
4. suicide

7. The idea of a midlife crisis springs from the model of adult development.
1. normative-crisis
2. timing-of-events
3. developmental-crisis
4. transitionary disturbance

8. The virtue resulting from successful resolution of Erikson's seventh crisisgenerativity versus stagnationis
1. love
2. trust
3. self-control
4. care

9. Ageism refers to
1. reverence and respect for elderly people
2. prejudice or discrimination based on age
3. belief that elderly people are especially wise
4. scientific study of the aging processes

10. The study of the aged and the aging processes is called
1. ageism
2. ageology
3. gerontology
4. portiology

11. Which theory of aging holds that human bodies age in accordance with a normal developmental pattern built into each organism?
1. primary-aging
2. secondary-aging
3. wear-and-tear
4. programmed aging

12. Which of the following statements is most consistent with Erikson's view of late adulthood?
1. While integrity must outweigh it, some despair is inevitable as people mourn their own misfortunes and lost chances as well as general human transience.
2. Despair is best avoided by completely avoiding thoughts of one's own impending death.
3. Integrity is achieved by careful scrutiny of one's life, with serious consideration of what could have been done better and what was done wrong.
4. The healthiest development is attained from using the remaining years to try to make up for the mistakes and poor choices of the past.

13. The study of death and dying is known as
1. thanatology
2. mortology

3. mortuary science
4. deathology

14. The person credited with having sparked the current interest in the psychology of death and dying is
1. Jean Piaget
2. Elizabeth Kübler-Ross
3. Erik Erikson
4. Lawrence Kohlberg

15. In helping children cope with the death of someone close, it is best to
1. avoid terms that emphasize the finality of death
2. use terms like "death" and "die" to help them realize that death is final
3. describe the deceased as "sleeping" or "resting"
4. avoid discussing it to prevent them from becoming preoccupied with death

ANSWERS TO SELF-TEST: (1) 4, (2) 2, (3) 1, (4) 4, (5) 1, (6) 3, (7) 1, (8) 4, (9) 2, (10) 3, (11) 3/4, (12) 1, (13) 1, (14) 2, (15) 2.