Journey across the lifespan chapter 5
(Middle) Adulthood
40 to 65 - ANS generativity vs stagnation
achieve life goals while considering welfare of future
\1. Levels of Awareness - ANS Conscious- experiences in one's immediate awareness
Subconscious- stores memories, thoughts, feelings. Recalled with little effort
Unconscious- closed to one's awareness. usually painful and kept away to prevent
anxiety and stress
\2. Components of the Personality - ANS Id- basic primitive urges (satisfaction and
pleasure (libido)) demands immediate satisfaction (''I want it now!")
Ego- most closely related to reality. delays immediate satisfaction ("Maybe later")
Superego- judges, controls, and punishes. Dictates right from wrong ("You can't have
it!")
*all in constant conflict with eachother
\Adolescence
12 to 20 years - ANS Identity vs Role Confusion
integrate the tasks mastered in previous stages into a secure sense of self
\Anal Stage (18-3 years) - ANS learning independence and control, with focus on the
excretory function
\Cephalocaudal - ANS growth and development that begins at the head and progresses
downward toward the feet
\Cognitive Thoery
Jean Piaget - ANS 1. Schema- patterns consisting of a number of organized ideas that
grow with a child's experiences (wants to suck)
2. Assimilation- ability to absorb new information into the existing schema (sucking on
everything within reach)
3. Accommodation- new experiences that no longer fit existing schemas ( opening mouth
to suck food down)
*progress through 4 stages sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal
operational
\Concrete Operational Stage
6 to 12
, cognitive theory - ANS think logically and solve problems to some degree; not
hypothetical or complex problems
less egocentric and more social
differentiate and classify
*water can also be ice
*car is ford taurus
\Defense Mechanism:
Compensation - ANS allows person to make up for deficiencies in one area by excelling
in another
\Defense Mechanism:
Conversion - ANS Conversion is the unconscious transformation of anxiety into a
physical symptom
*can't stand in the front of the line because my arm hurts
\Defense Mechanism:
Denial - ANS *Unconscious level
unexpectedly confronted with some sort of unbearable news
*husband passes, wife refuses news and tries to call him
\Defense Mechanism:
Displacement - ANS transfers emotions associated with a person or object to another,
less threatening person or object
*man losing his job but is hostile towards his wife
\Defense Mechanism:
Identification - ANS takes on the personality traits of another person, usually one held in
high esteem
*boy assumes masculine characteristics admired in his father
\Defense Mechanism:
Projection - ANS blaming others for unacceptable thoughts and feelings
*man is attracted to another woman, but claims his wife is cheating
\Defense Mechanism:
Rationalization - ANS justify or excuse undesirable actions or feelings.
*blaming the teacher for your failing grade, when you didn't study
\Defense Mechanism:
Reaction Formation - ANS Overcompensating or demonstrating the opposite behavior of
what is felt
*man dislikes dogs but sees a friend walking two dogs and acts openly-friendly to the
dogs
(Middle) Adulthood
40 to 65 - ANS generativity vs stagnation
achieve life goals while considering welfare of future
\1. Levels of Awareness - ANS Conscious- experiences in one's immediate awareness
Subconscious- stores memories, thoughts, feelings. Recalled with little effort
Unconscious- closed to one's awareness. usually painful and kept away to prevent
anxiety and stress
\2. Components of the Personality - ANS Id- basic primitive urges (satisfaction and
pleasure (libido)) demands immediate satisfaction (''I want it now!")
Ego- most closely related to reality. delays immediate satisfaction ("Maybe later")
Superego- judges, controls, and punishes. Dictates right from wrong ("You can't have
it!")
*all in constant conflict with eachother
\Adolescence
12 to 20 years - ANS Identity vs Role Confusion
integrate the tasks mastered in previous stages into a secure sense of self
\Anal Stage (18-3 years) - ANS learning independence and control, with focus on the
excretory function
\Cephalocaudal - ANS growth and development that begins at the head and progresses
downward toward the feet
\Cognitive Thoery
Jean Piaget - ANS 1. Schema- patterns consisting of a number of organized ideas that
grow with a child's experiences (wants to suck)
2. Assimilation- ability to absorb new information into the existing schema (sucking on
everything within reach)
3. Accommodation- new experiences that no longer fit existing schemas ( opening mouth
to suck food down)
*progress through 4 stages sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal
operational
\Concrete Operational Stage
6 to 12
, cognitive theory - ANS think logically and solve problems to some degree; not
hypothetical or complex problems
less egocentric and more social
differentiate and classify
*water can also be ice
*car is ford taurus
\Defense Mechanism:
Compensation - ANS allows person to make up for deficiencies in one area by excelling
in another
\Defense Mechanism:
Conversion - ANS Conversion is the unconscious transformation of anxiety into a
physical symptom
*can't stand in the front of the line because my arm hurts
\Defense Mechanism:
Denial - ANS *Unconscious level
unexpectedly confronted with some sort of unbearable news
*husband passes, wife refuses news and tries to call him
\Defense Mechanism:
Displacement - ANS transfers emotions associated with a person or object to another,
less threatening person or object
*man losing his job but is hostile towards his wife
\Defense Mechanism:
Identification - ANS takes on the personality traits of another person, usually one held in
high esteem
*boy assumes masculine characteristics admired in his father
\Defense Mechanism:
Projection - ANS blaming others for unacceptable thoughts and feelings
*man is attracted to another woman, but claims his wife is cheating
\Defense Mechanism:
Rationalization - ANS justify or excuse undesirable actions or feelings.
*blaming the teacher for your failing grade, when you didn't study
\Defense Mechanism:
Reaction Formation - ANS Overcompensating or demonstrating the opposite behavior of
what is felt
*man dislikes dogs but sees a friend walking two dogs and acts openly-friendly to the
dogs
