Middle adulthood

Cards (10)

Middle-Aged people 
In their prime
Individuals who scored the highest in the study of Schaie 
High educational levels
Flexible personalities
Intact families
Pursue cognitively complex occupations and other activities
Married to someone more cognitively advanced
Satisfied with their accomplishments
Crystallized Intelligence 
Increases through middle age and often until the end of life
Mature adults 
Show increasing competence in solving problems in their chosen field
Specialized Knowledge or Expertise
Form of crystallized intelligence that is related to the process of encapsulation
Adults 
Do not usually depend on the brain's information-processing-machinery because some adult's fluid intelligence becomes encapsulated (dedicated in handling specific kinds of knowledge)
Expert thinking 
Often seems automatic and intuitive
Postformal Thought 
Characteristic of intuitive, experience-based thinking
Postformal thought 
Integrative nature – adults interpret what they read, see, or hear in terms of its meaning for them
Conscientiousness 
Highest maybe due to result of work experiences