Adult Development & Life Stages Flashcards
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Which of the following is a key strength-based consideration when assessing adults in the ANSA who are experiencing normative life transitions?
Answer: Identifying coping resources and adaptive capacities
The ANSA emphasizes identifying strengths and coping resources alongside needs, especially during normative transitions.
A 55-year-old client reports their children have recently left home and they feel a loss of purpose. This scenario BEST illustrates which life stage concept?
Answer: Empty nest syndrome
Empty nest syndrome refers to the feelings of loss or purposelessness parents experience when their children leave home.
According to lifespan development theory, which of the following BEST characterizes the process of selective optimization with compensation (SOC)?
Answer: Choosing fewer goals and developing strategies to maintain functioning despite losses
SOC, proposed by Baltes, involves selecting priority goals, optimizing resources, and compensating for losses to maintain adaptive functioning.
When an ANSA assessment reveals that a 70-year-old client maintains strong social connections and a sense of purpose, this BEST reflects which theoretical concept?
Answer: Successful aging
Maintaining social engagement and purpose in late adulthood is a hallmark of successful aging, as described by Rowe and Kahn.
Which developmental task is MOST associated with early adulthood (20s–30s) according to Havighurst's developmental tasks framework?
Answer: Establishing a career and starting a family
Havighurst identified establishing an occupation and starting a family as central developmental tasks of early adulthood.
A 35-year-old client expresses feeling 'stuck' between youthful freedom and adult responsibilities. This is MOST consistent with which Levinson concept?
Answer: Age-30 transition
Levinson's age-30 transition (approximately ages 28–33) involves questioning early adult life structure and feeling tension between freedom and commitment.
In ANSA practice, awareness of adult developmental stages helps clinicians PRIMARILY by:
Answer: Contextualizing presenting issues within normative life transitions
Understanding developmental stages allows ANSA clinicians to distinguish normative life transition stress from pathological needs requiring intervention.