{"id":2965,"count":6,"description":"<strong>A middle-aged man<\/strong>, period of man <a class=\"md-crosslink autoxref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/science\/adulthood\" data-show-preview=\"true\">adulthood<\/a> that immediately precedes the <a class=\"md-dictionary-link md-dictionary-tt-off eb\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/dictionary\/onset\" data-term=\"onset\" data-type=\"EB\">onset<\/a> of <a class=\"md-crosslink autoxref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/science\/old-age\" data-show-preview=\"true\">old age<\/a>. Though the age period that defines middle age is somewhat arbitrary. Differing greatly from person to person, it is generally defined as being between the ages of 40 and 60.\r\n\r\nThe physiological and psychological changes experienced by a middle-aged person. Who centre on the gradual decline of physical abilities and the awareness of mortality. In middle age, the relative potencies of past, present, and future are altered as the individual increasingly directs effort to the process of reminiscence and recollection of the past. Rather than anticipation of the future. If approached constructively. Middle age can prepare an individual for a satisfying and productive old age. <em>See also <\/em><a class=\"md-crosslink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/science\/psychological-development\" data-show-preview=\"true\">psychological development<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<section id=\"ref1\" data-level=\"1\" data-has-spy=\"true\">\r\n<p class=\"topic-paragraph\"><strong>psychological development<\/strong>, the <a class=\"md-crosslink autoxref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/science\/biological-development\" data-show-preview=\"true\">development<\/a> of <a class=\"md-crosslink autoxref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/human-being\" data-show-preview=\"true\">human<\/a> beings\u2019 <a class=\"md-crosslink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/cognition-thought-process\" data-show-preview=\"true\">cognitive<\/a>, <a class=\"md-crosslink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/science\/emotion\" data-show-preview=\"true\">emotional<\/a>, <a class=\"md-dictionary-link md-dictionary-tt-off mw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/intellectual\" data-term=\"intellectual\" data-type=\"MW\">intellectual<\/a>, and social capabilities and functioning over the course of a normal life span, from <a class=\"md-crosslink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/science\/infancy\" data-show-preview=\"true\">infancy<\/a> through <a class=\"md-crosslink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/science\/old-age\" data-show-preview=\"true\">old age<\/a>. It the subject matter of the <a class=\"md-dictionary-link md-dictionary-tt-off mw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/discipline\" data-term=\"discipline\" data-type=\"MW\">discipline<\/a> known as <a class=\"md-crosslink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/science\/developmental-psychology\" data-show-preview=\"true\">developmental psychology<\/a>. <a class=\"md-crosslink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/science\/child-psychology\" data-show-preview=\"true\">Child psychology<\/a> was the traditional focus of research, but since the mid-20th century much\u00a0 learned about infancy and <a class=\"md-crosslink autoxref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/science\/adulthood\" data-show-preview=\"true\">adulthood<\/a> as well. A brief treatment of psychological development follows. For fuller treatment, <em>see<\/em> <a class=\"md-crosslink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/human-behavior\" data-show-preview=\"true\">human behaviour<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/section>\r\n<div class=\"md-sentinel--spy-target\"><\/div>\r\n<section id=\"ref5951\" data-level=\"1\" data-has-spy=\"true\">\r\n<h2 class=\"h1\"><span id=\"ref56648\"><\/span><a class=\"md-crosslink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/science\/infancy\" data-show-preview=\"true\">Infancy<\/a><\/h2>\r\n<p class=\"topic-paragraph\">Infancy is the period between <a class=\"md-crosslink autoxref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/science\/birth\" data-show-preview=\"true\">birth<\/a> and the <a class=\"md-crosslink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/language\/Language-acquisition#ref27169\" data-show-preview=\"true\">acquisition of language<\/a> one to two years later. Besides a set of inherited reflexes that help them obtain nourishment and react to danger, newborns are equipped with a <a class=\"md-dictionary-link md-dictionary-tt-off mw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/predilection\" data-term=\"predilection\" data-type=\"MW\">predilection<\/a> for certain visual patterns, including that of the human face, and for certain sounds, including that of the human voice. Within a few months they are able to identify their mothers by sight, and they show a striking sensitivity to the tones, rhythmic flow. And individual sounds that make up human <a class=\"md-crosslink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/speech-language\" data-show-preview=\"true\">speech<\/a>. Even young infants\u00a0 capable of complex perceptual judgments involving distance, shape, direction, and depth. And they are soon able to organize their experience by creating categories for objects and events. 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