self actualization - Answers the full realization of human potential- Abraham Maslow
individuation - Answers Carl Jung's term for emergence of the true self through balancing or integration
of conflicting parts of the personality
generativity versus stagnation - Answers Erickson's seventh stage of psychosocial development, in which
the middle aged adult develops a concern over establishing, guiding, and influencing the next
generation- or else experiences stagnation (a sense of inactivity or restlessness)
generativity - Answers Erickson's term for concern of mature adults for establishing, guiding, and
influencing the next generation
interiority - Answers Neugarten's term for a concern with inner life (introversion or introspection) which
usually appears in middle age
midlife crisis - Answers in some normative-crisis models, stressful life period precipitated by the review
and reevaluation of one's past, typically occurring in the early to middle forties
turning point - Answers psychological transitions that involve significant change or transformation in the
perceived meaning, purpose, or direction of a person's life
midlife review - Answers introspective inspection that often occurs in middle age, leading to reappraisal
and revision of values and priorities
ego-resiliency - Answers the ability to adapt resourcefully to potential sources of stress
identity process theory - Answers Whitbourne's theory of identity development based on processes of
assimilation and accommodation
identity assimilation - Answers Whitbourne's term for effort to fit a new experience into an existing self-
concept \
identity accomodation - Answers Whitbourne's term for adjusting the self-concept to fit the new
experience.
social convoy theory - Answers Theory proposed by Kahn and Antonucci, that people move throughout
life surrounded by concentric circles of intimate relationships on which they rely for assistance, well-
being, and social support
socioemotional selectivity theory - Answers Theory, proposed by Carstensen, that people select social
contracts in the basis of the changing relative of social interaction as a source of information, as an aid in
developing and maintaining a self-concept, and as a source of emotional well-being
marital capital - Answers financial and emotional benefits built up during a long-standing marriage,
which tend to hold a couple together