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Understanding Psychology, 6/e
Robert S. Feldman, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Development: Adolescence to the End of Life

Learning Objectives

These are the concepts and the learning objectives for Chapter 13. Read them carefully as part of your preliminary survey of the chapter.

Adolescence: Becoming an Adult

1. Define adolescence, and describe the physical changes that mark its beginning. (pp. 388-390)

2. Describe the moral and cognitive development that occurs during adolescence. (pp. 390-392)

3. Identify and discuss Erikson's psychosocial stages relevant to adolescence and adulthood. (pp. 392-393)

4. Identify the major problems of adolescence, and discuss the problem of teenage suicide. (pp. 394-396)


Early and Middle Adulthood: The Middle Years of Life

5. Define early and middle adulthood, and describe the physical changes that accompany it.
(pp. 397-398)

6. Discuss the concerns of adulthood that result from demands of society and the pressures of work, marriage, and family. (pp. 398-400)

7. Describe the roles of males and females in marriage and in the family, specifically as they relate to the course of adult development. (pp. 400-402)


The Later Years of Life: Growing Old

8. Define old age, the physical changes that accompany it, and the theories that attempt to account for it. (pp. 403-404)

9. Identify the changes that occur in cognitive ability, intelligence, and memory during old age. (pp. 404-406)

10. Describe the challenges and changes faced by the elderly in regard to their social involvement. (pp. 406-407)

11. List and define Kübler-Ross's five stages of adjustment to death. (pp. 407-408)