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Generativity can be defined as ______.

A) developing the capacity to transcend self-interest and provide care and concern for the next generation
B) developing the capacity to commit to deep association with others
C) developing a sense of who you are and where you are going in life
D) finding integrity and contentment in your life

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According to the text,the construction of middle adulthood is influenced by chronological age,cultural and historical contexts,and ______.

A) life events
B) legal precedents
C) age tends
D) developmental tasks

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Levinson suggests that the two central components of a life structure in middle adulthood are ______.

Midlife personality should be thought of in terms of both stability and change according to the research.

Cognitive performance varies greatly for the majority of midlife adults.

Which of the following is one of the most visible signs of physiological changes for midlife adults?

______ is one of the big five personality traits,which can be defined as a tendency to be generous,cheerful,caring,trusting,and gently.

A recent new idea is that personality is most stable in middle adulthood.

The average age of women having their last period is ______.

Coping mechanisms mature with age and experience according to Vaillant.

Work in middle adulthood has different meanings for different people.The text cites which of the following as a meaning of work? Patterns of middle-aged workers in the United States?

Chronic stress,never marrying,and loneliness are all examples of ______.

In middle adulthood,people move toward a more androgynous behavioral repertoire.

______ coping mechanisms consist of denial,projection,passive aggression,dissociation,acting out,and fantasy.

There are scholars who believe that middle adulthood should be thought of in terms of achieving certain developmental tasks rather than by chronological age.

______,or orientation to the external world,comes into greater balance in middle adulthood.

Which of the following is seen as a major milestone for women and called the change of life?

In middle adulthood the most noted biological change is the lost or diminished reproductive capacity.

Commitment,action,and ______ are all components of generativity.

According to Erikson's theory,the psychosocial struggle of middle adulthood is ______.