Exam 17: Emerging Adulthood

Emerging adulthood is _____.

Name and describe at least three characteristics of the proposed fifth stage of cognitive development.

Ethnic identity is defined as _____.

During emerging adulthood, those who did not attend college are more likely to change jobs than those who attended college.

Which statement about diversity on college campuses is true?

The identity crisis may cause confusion, foreclosure, or the more mature response of seeking a _____.

The period of life during which 18- to 25-year-old men and women continue their education and exploration, often postponing marriage, parenthood, and career, is called _____.

Maximum height for boys is usually reached by age _____.

Which life stage has been called the "crucible of personality development"?

Risk taking during emerging adulthood _____.

Which of the following is a change in friendships in modern emerging adults compared to previous cohorts?

Emerging adults rarely experience serious illness.

Almost all unmarried young adults in Italy and Japan _____.

Emerging adults who once were independent and who now live with their parents are known as _____.

In Erikson's theory of development, after achieving identity, the sixth developmental crisis a person must face is intimacy versus _____.

Fatal disease is _____ during emerging adulthood than later in life.

The years between ages 18 and 25 are optimal for safe reproduction and hard physical work.

Because of high rates of risk taking among emerging adult males across cultures and across time, demographers describe a(n) _____ at about age 20.

Bella is a private in the U.S. Marine Corps and has been staying out late even on nights when she has to muster early for work. If she continues to get inadequate sleep, it could affect her _____.

Ami thinks that she may be negatively compared to another group. According to the theory of stereotype threat, her thinking is most apt to _____.