Paper instructions:
Using Table 8-1 and the outline below, examine the literature and study findings related to personality development in older adulthood. Discuss the findings, criticisms, and current issues related to each theory, and reflect on the contributions they have made to the study of aging.
• Phase 1 – Focus on Change: The Kansas City Studies of Adult Life
o Disengagement Theory
o Activity Theory
o Criticisms and Current Issues
Using Table 8-1 and the outline below, examine the literature and study findings related to personality development in older adulthood. Discuss the findings, criticisms, and current issues related to each theory, and reflect on the contributions they have made to the study of aging.
• Phase 1 – Focus on Change: The Kansas City Studies of Adult Life
o Disengagement Theory
o Activity Theory
o Criticisms and Current Issues
• Phase 2 – Focus on Stability: Costa and McCrae’s Big Five Traits
o Big Five Traits
o Criticisms and Current Issues
o Big Five Traits
o Criticisms and Current Issues
• Phase 3 – Focus on Change: Exploring Life Stories, Goals, Priorities, and Hopes
o McAdams and Generativity
o Markus and Self-Schemas
o Cartensen’s Socioemotional –Selectivity Theory
Your assignment should be three- to four-pages in length (excluding title and reference pages), and should include a minimum of three scholarly sources that were published within the past five years and that are cited according to APA format as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.
o McAdams and Generativity
o Markus and Self-Schemas
o Cartensen’s Socioemotional –Selectivity Theory
Your assignment should be three- to four-pages in length (excluding title and reference pages), and should include a minimum of three scholarly sources that were published within the past five years and that are cited according to APA format as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.
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