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A time of both gains and losses. It is a time for assessing life and making decisions about your remaining years.

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Considered to occur at age 65.  Erik Erikson asserts that this is the time to find meaning and satisfaction, rather than becoming bitter and disillusioned. Essentially, this is the period to resolve the conflict of integrity v. despair.

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Most basic mental abilities peak during middle adulthood.   Fluid intelligence declines earlier than crystallized intelligence. Response speeds (neural and motor) reportedly decline in later adulthood, as well as age‐related decreases in working memory in later adulthood.

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Some physiological changes occur due to genetics and aging,  behavior and lifestyle can affect the extent and timing (Middle Adulthood).
Additionally, a variety of physiological changes may occur in later adulthood, including atrophy of the brain and a decrease in the rate of neural processes (Later Adulthood).

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The study of individual development from conception to death. A major assumption of the theory is that development does not stop once adulthood is reached.

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Middle adulthood involves a time of contemplation, evaluation and recognition of own mortality. Later adulthood, older adults become more selective about their social networks and spend more time with preferred individuals.

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Involves being an agent in one's own life; often changes throughout life and is conditional. While self-determination is changeable throughout life and individuals in later adulthood want to be their own agents, certain conditions must be met for them to be able to exercise self-determination (i.e. cognitive ability).

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Defined as the emotional and intellectual stages a person moves through from childhood to retirement as a member of a family.  Stage 7 involves resolving midlife issues  and negotiating adult to adult relationships with children (middle adulthood).  Stage 8 involves coping with physiological decline with themselves and others, as well as reminiscence and integration (Later Adulthood)