Quinnetra Harris
PSYC290N
MyVirtualLife: Week 6 Middle Adulthood
1. Imagine you sit down to dinner with your long-time friend and she tells you she is
having jealousy issues in her marriage. Her husband, whom you get along with, is upset
that she has gotten to be too close with a male coworker, and he is interpreting their
friendly banter as flirting. What advice might you give to your friend to help her alleviate
the situation? I would tell my friend that she should introduce her husband to her coworker.
Her husband believes that she and her coworker are flirting so it would be good for him to see
how his wife interacts with the coworker. The coworker and my friend’s husband could become
good friends.
2. Do you see yourself as the kind of person who will stay in the same type of job for a long
time, perhaps into retirement, or as more of a job hopper in order to climb the
professional ladder? Explain why you see yourself this way and what factors would
influence your decision. I see myself staying in the same type of job for a long period of time. I
want to gain many years of experience in similar roles and move up the ladder in that way. I
would not want to hop from job to job because I believe that this can cause financial strains on
my family. Also, when deciding to jump from job to job, I would have to consider how these
different roles would fit in my family life and responsibilities.
3. What are some actions that you, or someone you know, could take to create a healthy,
successful marriage? To have a successful marriage, I think two people should know how to
communicate effectively. Both people must be understanding and know that their partner may
let them down at times and may not live up to high expectations. Couples should spend quality
time together away from kids and other family member. It is also important in a marriage to
have time alone separately from your husband or wife.
4. Consider the timing of when people have children. For those who have children during
Adolescence or Emerging Adulthood, how might their life outcomes differ from those who
have children during Young Adulthood or even Middle Adulthood? If you could choose the
age at which you have children, which age would you choose, and what sorts of variables
within your control would you take into consideration? If I could choose, I would want to
have children during young adulthood. I believe that during young adulthood, my body would be
in the best condition to carry a child and I would be young enough to have the energy to run
after a child. Some factors that I would consider before having children would be if I am
financially ready to raise children and if I am married or still single. It is important to me to have
children after I get married so that my children can grow up with a father in the same home as
them.
5. What kinds of stress responses do you tend to display in your real life? Make a list of
some of your adaptive stress responses and consider how these serve as measures of
resiliency. What are some maladaptive stress responses you've noticed about yourself or
others? How might these responses contribute to even more stressful experiences? In real
life, I tend to respond to stress by just shutting down, not eating or overeating, and becoming
angry. However, I handle stress by relaxing and taking a break from whatever task is making
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PSYC290N
MyVirtualLife: Week 6 Middle Adulthood
1. Imagine you sit down to dinner with your long-time friend and she tells you she is
having jealousy issues in her marriage. Her husband, whom you get along with, is upset
that she has gotten to be too close with a male coworker, and he is interpreting their
friendly banter as flirting. What advice might you give to your friend to help her alleviate
the situation? I would tell my friend that she should introduce her husband to her coworker.
Her husband believes that she and her coworker are flirting so it would be good for him to see
how his wife interacts with the coworker. The coworker and my friend’s husband could become
good friends.
2. Do you see yourself as the kind of person who will stay in the same type of job for a long
time, perhaps into retirement, or as more of a job hopper in order to climb the
professional ladder? Explain why you see yourself this way and what factors would
influence your decision. I see myself staying in the same type of job for a long period of time. I
want to gain many years of experience in similar roles and move up the ladder in that way. I
would not want to hop from job to job because I believe that this can cause financial strains on
my family. Also, when deciding to jump from job to job, I would have to consider how these
different roles would fit in my family life and responsibilities.
3. What are some actions that you, or someone you know, could take to create a healthy,
successful marriage? To have a successful marriage, I think two people should know how to
communicate effectively. Both people must be understanding and know that their partner may
let them down at times and may not live up to high expectations. Couples should spend quality
time together away from kids and other family member. It is also important in a marriage to
have time alone separately from your husband or wife.
4. Consider the timing of when people have children. For those who have children during
Adolescence or Emerging Adulthood, how might their life outcomes differ from those who
have children during Young Adulthood or even Middle Adulthood? If you could choose the
age at which you have children, which age would you choose, and what sorts of variables
within your control would you take into consideration? If I could choose, I would want to
have children during young adulthood. I believe that during young adulthood, my body would be
in the best condition to carry a child and I would be young enough to have the energy to run
after a child. Some factors that I would consider before having children would be if I am
financially ready to raise children and if I am married or still single. It is important to me to have
children after I get married so that my children can grow up with a father in the same home as
them.
5. What kinds of stress responses do you tend to display in your real life? Make a list of
some of your adaptive stress responses and consider how these serve as measures of
resiliency. What are some maladaptive stress responses you've noticed about yourself or
others? How might these responses contribute to even more stressful experiences? In real
life, I tend to respond to stress by just shutting down, not eating or overeating, and becoming
angry. However, I handle stress by relaxing and taking a break from whatever task is making
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