Chapter 12

Due Tues 1/20

Chapter 12 Questions:

Section 1:

1. Describe the major tasks and events of young adulthood.
2. What seems to affect who people choose to marry? Compare this to your parents.
3. Why do some marriages end in divorce? What impact does divorce have on parents and children? Discuss experiences you or your friends have had with divorce.

Section 2:

4. Describe the major tasks of middle adulthood.
5. What is a midlife crisis? Have you seen your parents or other relatives go through one? Explain.
6. What is true of the “empty nest syndrome”? How do you think your parents will deal with this?
7. What is menopause? How does it affect women? Has your mother been through it? If so, how did it affect her?

Section 3:

8. Discuss the theories of why people age.
9. What are the effects of dementia and Alzheimer’s? Have you seen this in your grandparents? Explain.
10. What life changes occur in late adulthood? What helps people stay happy and productive? Discuss you grandparents’ experiences.

Section 4:

11. What helps people adjust to death and dying?
12. How do we cope when people we love die? How do funerals help? Have you experienced this? Explain.