Question

List three ways a person might express generativity during middle adulthood?

Answer 1

Answer:

Biological generativity: conceive and give birth.

Parental generativity: nurturing children.

Work generativity: working with children; mentoring adults.

Explanation:

biological  Generativity is a concept that was introduced by Erikson (1950) over 60 years ago. He defined it as “an interest in establishing and guiding the next generation” (1964, p. ... Thus, Erikson's notion of generativity has a biological (“psychosexual”) basis as well as a sociocultural (“psychosocial”)