Overall, what evidence is there for change in personal concerns across adulthood?

Name: Problem 11, Chapter 8: Adult Development and Aging
Uploaded: 2020-07-14T23:19:57-08:00
Duration: 4 min 18 s
Channel: Sharon Edamala
Description: Overall, what evidence is there for change in personal concerns across adulthood?

step 1 Let's talk about emerging adulthood. This is an in -between time in someone's late teens to mid

Overall, what evidence is there for change in personal...

Key Concepts

Developmental Tasks

Developmental tasks are the challenges and milestones that individuals are expected to navigate at various stages of adulthood, such as establishing a career, forming intimate relationships, or preparing for retirement. The emergence and resolution of these tasks help explain why personal concerns consistently change with age, as each life stage brings its own set of challenges and priorities.

Lifespan Development

This concept outlines that individuals experience systematic changes in behavior, cognition, and emotions from early adulthood to later life. Evidence for change in personal concerns is often interpreted within this framework, as priorities shift and adapt to the evolving biological, psychological, and social contexts across different stages of adulthood.

Personal Concerns

Personal concerns refer to the goals, interests, and issues that occupy an individual’s thoughts and behaviors. Studies in adult development have shown that these concerns are dynamic, evolving from career and self-identity issues in early adulthood to relationship and legacy issues in later years, reflecting broader shifts in life priorities.

Longitudinal and Cross-sectional Research

Empirical evidence for changing personal concerns comes from both longitudinal studies, which follow the same individuals over time, and cross-sectional studies, comparing different age groups at one point in time. These methodological approaches have documented systematic variations in priorities and concerns that naturally occur as people age.

Socioemotional Selectivity Theory

This theory suggests that as individuals perceive their future time as limited, they tend to prioritize emotionally meaningful goals and relationships over long-term or materialistic pursuits. It provides a theoretical basis for observed shifts in personal concerns, highlighting increased focus on intimacy and emotional satisfaction in later life.

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