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What psychological changes are made during early and middle adulthood to adapt to aging and changes in lifestyle? How does this affect development?

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In this solution, developmental milestones are addressed in terms of psychological life changes in early and middle adulthood, incorporating Maslow and Erikson's theories into the response to show how these changes are represented in research.

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Individuals go through various developmental milestones throughout their lives, and by the time they reach early adulthood, they have already learned many basic skills to navigate through their lives, began to formulate their identities in the world, developed basic logic, reasoning, and judgment skills, and reached physical maturity.

As a result of moving past adolescence, a stage in which many individuals are focused on their own selves and are egocentric, the early adult may begin to move past this isolative state of the "me me me" and move into a focus of intimacy with others as defined by Erik Erickson. In fact, according to ...

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