The Seasons of a Man's Life: The Groundbreaking 10-Year Study That Was the Basis for Passages!The first full report from the team that discovered the patterns of adult development, this breakthrough study ranks in significance with the original works of Kinsey and Erikson, exploring and explaining the specific periods of personal development through which all human begins must pass--and which together form a common pattern underlying all human lives. "A pioneering and radical theory of adult development." CHICAGO TRIBUNE |
Contents
The Life Cycle and Its Seasons | 3 |
The Anatomy of the Life Cycle | 18 |
The Evolution | 40 |
Four Men | 64 |
The Early Adult Transition Entering | 71 |
Major Tasks of the Novice Phase | 90 |
The Life of James Tracy Executive I | 112 |
The Life of William Paulsen Worker | 126 |
Five Sequences Through the Settling Down Period | 150 |
The Life of James Tracy II | 166 |
The Midlife Transition | 191 |
Modifying the Life Structure | 245 |
The Life of John Barnes Biologist | 260 |
Entering Middle Adulthood | 278 |
The Life of James Tracy III | 305 |
Tasks and Possibilities of Adult Development | 317 |
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