AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Adulthood is divided into three stages: (1) early, (2) middle, and (3) late adulthood. Early adulthood starts at age 18 or 21 and continues until the mid-30s. During middle adulthood, people start to show signs of aging. Late adulthood is when most people retire from work and reflect on their life.

Detailed explanation-2: -Robert Havighurst lists seven major tasks in the middle years. While a midlife crisis is not regarded as a universal phenomenon, during one’s 40s and 50s comes the recognition that more than half of one’s life is gone.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to Levinson the midlife transition (40-45) was a time of reevaluating previous commitments; making dramatic changes if necessary; giving expression to previously ignored talents or aspirations; and feeling more of a sense of urgency about life and its meaning.

Detailed explanation-4: -Middle adulthood is the period of development that occurs between the ages of 46-65. During this stage physical changes start to occur that show that the body is ageing. These include the skin starting to lose elasticity and grey hair occurring because of the loss of pigments.