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Androgogical Stages of Development
| Early Adulthood | Middle Age |
Old Age | |||||
| Gives up hobbies as a primary interest in favor of "more useful" things. | Attends college and lives away from home for the first time. | Becomes involved
with a significant
other.
Gets a job and begins paying own bills. |
Begins to question
the professional and
social life choices
but continues on.
Plays the corporate games |
Becomes greatly
focused on making a
mark on life.
Becomes aware of the thoughts and goals of others. Corporate games become less important |
Takes greater
interest in
grandchildren.
Becomes interested in hobbies again and learning for sake of learning instead of learning for the job. |
Does community service and is quietly amused at any recognition received. | |
| Loevinger | Independence Stage | Autonomous Stage | Integrated Stage | ||||
| Erickson | Identity vs. Role Confusion | Intimacy vs. Isolation | Generativity vs. Self Absorption | Integrity vs Despair | |||
| Peck | Value Wisdom, Socializing | Mental Flexibility | Ego Differentiation from Work | Ego Transcendence | |||
| Gould | Desire to leave parents | Leaving family | Developing Independence | Questioning self; role confusion | Urgency to attain life goals | Acceptance of one's fate | Tolerant acceptance of past |
| Kohlberg | Duty to Society
Focus on authority, fixed rules, and social order. Respect is earned through adherence to duty |
"Social Contract Orientation"
Emphasis upon procedural (legal) rules for reaching consensus. Awareness of the relativism of personal values. |
"Ethical Principles Orientation"
Emphasis on decisions of conscience and self-chosen, abstract principles that are logical, comprehensive, universal and consistent. |
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| Interpretation | Identifying self as an Adult | Being an Adult | Resolving and Reflecting on Adulthood | ||||
William H. Jackson -- 1996
Jackson, W. H., (1996). Androgogical Stages of Development. [On-line]. Available: http://internet.cybermesa.com/~bjackson/Papers/AndroStage.htm.