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Chapter 10 The Lives of Adults . Copyright 2010 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs to accompany Claiborne & Drewery, Human Development 10-1 Focusing on adults at mid-life What ages? • Roughly mid-30s to around 60 • But no clear beginning or end Cohorts have different life experiences • Baby boomers - Large post-WW II population - NZ born 1946- 1972 • What defines YOUR cohort? Diversity in adult lives • Age of having a child or losing a parent will differ across people . Copyright 2010 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs to accompany Claiborne & Drewery, Human Development 10-2 Do adults keep developing? • No one universal plan for every person’s development • ‘Stages’: very difficult to define for adults, so avoid this term! • Erikson’s theory focuses on development through the lifespan, while Piaget and Freud stop at physiological maturity • US-based research (e.g. Levinson 1978, 1996) has a social and cultural context that may not be so relevant here . Copyright 2010 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs to accompany Claiborne & Drewery, Human Development 10-3 Discourses about adulthood [Refresher on discourse: words and practices that seem to define reality in an unquestionable way] • Adulthood is the goal of childhood and the end of playtime • Adults are sensible, mature grown-ups • Autonomy is the key to being an adult . Copyright 2010 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs to accompany Claiborne & Drewery, Human Development 10-4 Physiological changes at mid-life • Ageing begins from the moment you’re born! • Common markers of ageing at mid-life: - grey hair, skin changes - eyes have less flexible focus & require more light • Changes require adaptations in behaviour e.g. care in night driving . Copyright 2010 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs to accompany Claiborne & Drewery, Human Development 10-5 ... - tailieumienphi.vn
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