You are in browse mode. You must login to use MEMORY

level: Level 1 of Chapter 14

Questions and Answers List

level questions: Level 1 of Chapter 14

Question	Answer
A combination of the ability to understand oneself and one's world, to integrate and synthesize what one perceives and knows, and to take charge of planning one's life course.	Ego development
Process that underlies the shift to an adult identity.	Recentering
Something larger than one's self to have faith in.	Fidelity
Theoretical models that describe psychosocial development in terms of a definite sequence of age-related changes.	Normative-stage models
According to Erikson, the sixth stage of psychosocial development in which young adults either make commitments to others or face a possible sense of isolation and consequent self-absorption.	Intimacy vs. isolation
In Erikson’s theory, the virtue of the sixth stage; a mutual devotion between partners who have chosen to share their lives, have children, and help those children achieve their own healthy development.	Love
In normative-stage theories, typical challenges that need to be mastered for successful adaptation to each stage of life.	Developmental tasks
Theoretical model that describes adult psychosocial development as a response to the expected or unexpected occurrence and timing of important life events.	Timing-of-events model
In the timing-of-events model, commonly expected life experiences that occur at customary times. Also called normative age-graded events.	Normative life events
Set of cultural norms or expectations for the times of life when certain important events, such as marriage, parenthood, entry into work, and retirement, should occur.	Social clock