Human Growth and Development from Middle adulthood to Late adulthood
The book for this course is Development Across the Life Span 7th Edition by Robert S. Feldman. The chapters that are to be used for this assignment are Chapters 16-19. Please only bid on this question if you have access to this book or are familiar with its contents.
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ASSIGNMENT 08
S04 Human Growth and Development II
Directions: Unless otherwise stated, answer in complete sentences, and be sure to use correct English, spelling, and grammar. Sources must be cited in APA format. Your response should be four (4) double‐spaced pages, Times New Roman, 12 font.
Respond to the items below.
Part A
Compare and contrast Erikson’s generativity versus stagnation stage with his ego integrity versus despair stage for middle and late adulthood. What occurrences can affect positive or negative outcomes? Please use information in your text to support your assertions and provide relevant and meaningful examples.
Part B
Please describe the physical and cognitive changes that occur in late adulthood. Consider how some of these changes may lead to decline and eventual death. Please provide how the processes of death and dying can have different outcomes or scenarios depending on choosing different paths using supportive evidence from your text.
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Erikson’s work mainly majors on the different stages that an individual undergoes from childhood to the late adulthood stage. He goes ahead to point out the different changes that occur in an individual throughout these stages. The middle adulthood stage is characterized by the generativity versus the stagnation period and the ego integrity versus the despair stage…
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