AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Unhappiness, job dissatisfaction, marital dissatisfaction, divorce, anxiety, and suicide are highest in middle adulthood ("midlife"). All types of intelligence decline with age.

Detailed explanation-2: -During this stage, middle-aged adults begin contributing to the next generation, often through caring for others; they also engage in meaningful and productive work that contributes positively to society.

Detailed explanation-3: -Emotions and social interactions-even personality-may systematically change as people enter middle age. Many studies have found that people become calmer and less neurotic as they age. “There’s a quieting of emotional storms, ” Reuter-Lorenz says.

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.

Detailed explanation-5: -Emotionally, the middle-aged brain is calmer, less neurotic, more capable of managing emotions, and better able to negotiate social situations (Phillips, 2011). Older adults tend to focus more on positive information and less on negative information than do younger adults.