Drawing upon the completed personal portrait

A Personal Journey The next 10 years of my life Generativity vs Stagnation Extends from 40 to 65 Primarily concerned with parenting Wanting to have or having children is not enough to attain the virtue of generativity Characterized by having a family , professional stability , and being involved in community service .Generativity vs Stagnation Caring for others Flexibility and grand-generativity Stagnation inflexibility Stagnation results when there are too many issues left unresolved from the previous stages The morality of individual principles of conscience Morality is defined not only on

existing social rules but on one 's conscience Conscience is based on the logical principles of consistencies and universality of moral and ethical principles May engage in behaviors without the need to consider the reaction of others or that of society The formal operational stage Ability to formulate hypothesis and to find the answers to hypothetical problems Ability to think in abstract forms and can comprehend patterns and relationships Ability to reason even when the problem is fictitious Socio-cultural Influences Gender Being a mother is my choice Ethnicity I respect and treat each person as person 's of worth regardless of ethnicity Social expectations Late motherhood , late graduate school What lies ahead A license and a professional practice

A doctor 's degree

Mother to two intelligent and talented adolescents References Santrock , J (2007 . A al Approach to Life-Span Development , 3rd ed . Boston : McGraw Hill Boyd , D Bee , H (2006 . Lifespan Development , 4th ed . New York : Allyn and Bacon Kimono...