The Adaptives are raised by overprotecting civics during the secular event. They tend to avoid risk and are conformist midlife adults during the spiritual event. Theirs is the role of sensitive elders as the next secular event unfolds. These Archetypes appear again and again in each of the Cycles of American history. Check out Jim Brett's compilation of generational characteristics .
Cohorts are individuals who have birth years in the same generation.
A secular event is the period of time within a generational cycle when society tries to reorder its institutions and public behavior as it recovers from a spiritual event. This generally occurs as the civics are approaching adulthood and the idealists are leaving middle age and relinquishing power. A spiritual event is the period of time during a cycle when idealists approaching adulthood attempt to change the values and personal behavior of society and the civics are beginning to give up their power. All rights reserved.