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Adulthood


Physical Development: The Peak of Health

Social Development: Working at Life

  • Marriage, Children, and Divorce: Family Ties
  • Changing Roles of Men and Women: The Time of Their Lives Women’s “second shift”

    • The Later Years of Life: Growing Old

  • Physical Changes in Late Adulthood: The Aging Body
  • Cognitive Changes: Thinking About—and During—Late Adulthood
    • Memory Changes in Late Adulthood: Are Older Adults \ Forgetful?
  • The Social World of Late Adulthood: Old But Not Alone

    • Key concepts for Module 30:



    Define early and middle adulthood, and describe the physical changes that accompany it.

    Discuss the concerns of adulthood that result from demands of society and the pressures of work, marriage, and family.

    Describe the roles of males and females in marriage and in the family, specifically as they relate to the course of adult development.

    Define old age, the physical changes that accompany it, and the theories that attempt to account for it.

    Identify the changes that occur in cognitive ability, intelligence, and memory during old age.

    Describe the challenges and changes faced by the elderly in regard to their social involvement.

    List and define Kübler-Ross’s five stages of adjustment to death.





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