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Life-Span Development, 8/e
John W. Santrock, University of Texas - Dallas

Middle Adulthood
Socioemotional Development in Middle Adulthood

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1. What did psychologist Daniel Goleman find out about how Erik Erikson and his wife Joan dealt with his seventh developmental stage, generativity vs. stagnation in their own lives?

http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/08/22/specials/erikson-old.html

2. REPLACE QUESTION - TO COME What is a midlife crisis and how can it lead to divorce?

http://divorcesupport.about.com/people/divorcesupport.about.com/library/weekly/aa051700a.htm

3. Maurice and his wife, Jean, are struggling with the "empty nest syndrome," now that their last child married and moved out. Edward and his wife, Kerry, wish they had that problem. Their oldest son has moved back in with them at age 30. Over dinner, both couples debate the issue. What words of advice can you offer to each couple?

http://www.mchttp://www.mc.maricopa.edu/academic/psychology/dev/P240sp98/midadult/emptynest.html changed to

http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/academic/psychology/dev/p240sp98/midadult/emptynest.html