Abrupt and disruptive change caused by conflicts among one's various roles in life.
Role Discontinuity
Older Men and Women become more androgynous
Crossover
Inability to engage in the sexual act
Inpotency
Removal of all or part of the male prostate gland.
Prostatectomy
Most characteristics of parenthood, a time during which sacrafices are gladly made for the sake of the children.
generative love
The capacity to cherish the present moment, perhaps first learned when we confront the certainty of our own personal death
Generative Love
Human beings who are able to keep up the social activity of their middle years are considered the most successful.
Activity theory
The most mature adults are likely to gradually disengage themselves from their fellow human beings in preparation for death.
Disengagement theory
Humans use social contect for four reasons: to obtain physical survival, to get information they need, to maintain a sense of self, and to acquire pleasure and comfort
Socioemotional selectivity theory
The resolution of each of the first seven crises in erickson's theory should lead us to achieve a sense of personal______. Older adults feel their lives are well spent.
Integrity.
When people look back over their lives and feel that they have made many wrong decisions or, more commonly, that they have not made any decisions at all