Learning Objectives

After reading this chapter, the student should be able to complete the following goals:

1

Discuss gender roles and gender-role differences in late adulthood.

2

Discuss sexuality in late adulthood.

3

Examine the factors contributing to intimacy.

4

Define generative and existential love.

5

List the four stages of life that most middle-aged couples go through as they pass through life and the corresponding six types of conflict encountered between parents and their offspring.

6

Discuss changes that occur as a result of widowhood.

7

Discuss issues related to the care of elderly parents.

8

Discuss the changing role of grandparents.

9

Describe characteristics of the older worker.

10

Assess the relationship between retirement and leisure.

11

Summarize the findings of the Committee on Human Development regarding the effects of aging on personal development.

12

Compare and contrast the three proposed approaches to optimal aging in terms of relationships.

13

Define Erikson's final stage of human development-integrity versus despair.

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