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The self determination theory states that overall well being later in life is made of three components:
1.Autonomy: self reliance
2.Competence: the strength of ones abilities or skills
3.Relatedness: how you feel towards others and how they feel towards you

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Families change over time and relationships will strength or lessen over time. Some marriages last others break apart and there are many variations in the family dynamic. Below is the flow of a typical family life cycle:
-Married couples
-Childbearing Families
-Families with Preschool age children
-Families with school age children
-Families with teenagers
-Families as launching centers
-Middle Aged Parents
-Aging Family Members

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Erikson theorized that in middle and late adulthood we reach a conflict stage known as ego integrity vs despair. This is a way evaluating ones life and being content with the outcome. Ask yourself, have I lived a happy fulfilling life?

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As you age, your fluid intelligence begins to decline. Your processing speed slows down. However, your crystallized intelligence is all of the information that you have learned in your lifetime, and can increase with age.

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Regulation of loss is a way of compensating for something that was los that you may not get back. For example, a person may suffer a stroke and become partially paralyzed. They compensate by using other means to daily activites, or by having assistance.

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Maintenance allows for self preservation despite some sort of loss, for example, losing a job but revising your resume and persevering until you find a new job.

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Adaptation among organisms is key to survival. For humans adaptation includes a variety of processes that allow for growth.