Ego-Integrity vs. Despair

There is an old saying, that says, “As people age, they become more like themselves.”

Knowing what you have learned about the different theories of aging, what kinds of things can you imagine yourself doing to insure ego-integrity and avoid despair (per Erikson’s eighth stage of man)?

LABEL EACH THEORY OF AGING IN YOUR POST. (You must include theories about each: physical, cognitive & socioemotional changes) It will help you to organize your writing.

Your total response should be at least 150-250 words and include at least one in-text citation.

* Course Reading: Martha Lally and Suzanne Valentine-French (2017). Lifespan Development: A Psychological Perspective.

General Discussion Instructions

Your total response should be at least 150-250 words. Your explanations should be complete, clear, concise, thorough, and supported by cited information from a class learning resource, and follow APA style with your in-text citation and reference.

Show evidence of thoroughly reading and listening to the course resources. This is preferable to outside research. But if you provide additional resources, they will be graded on their scholarly credibility; that means sources of questionable truth may result in a lower grade on the post and sources of good credibility may result in a higher grade.


Bold/Underline Concepts (-5)

**(Numbering the questions and bolding the concepts helps you to organize your writing and helps me to identify your answers clearly so you get credit for them!)