![]() ![]() Our drive is toward life and we are terrified at the prospect of the annihilation of life, of death. One of the cardinal experiences of all human beings involves the fear of death. He was particularly interested in the illusion of absolute safety. Gould proposed that the early adult years (age eighteen to thirty-five) were characterized by several psychological illusions that are slowly relinquished over time. Gould was particularly interested in the way adults understand their life choices and how that changes across the lifespan. ![]() Like Levinson, Gould conceptualized adult development as unfolding in a series of predictable stages. In fact, the popular book Passages by Gail Sheehy was based heavily on his research. Roger Gould (1935–) is a psychoanalytic writer who has written a good deal about adult development. ![]()
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