Exam 10: Becoming an Adult: Physical, Cognitive, and Personality Development

Discuss the special conflict that Erikson believed marked young adulthood. Then describe how an individual could best resolve this conflict.

In the United States, nearly ____ percent of adults between the ages of 25 and 44 years are considered heavy drinkers.

For many people, the key to establishing their identity as an adult is achieving ________ independence.

Describe why the terms multidimensional, multidirectional, interindividual variability, and plasticity, as proposed by Baltes and colleagues (2006) may be the most accurate way to describe intelligence in adulthood.

Ralphie believes that following school rules is important because a teacher's authority should not be questioned. Ralphie would probably be closest to the _____ stage of reflective judgment.

Yacef suddenly finds himself newly married and out of school with a new job. Yacef is experiencing

Young adult men between the ages of 25 and 34 are ____ times as likely to die as women of the same age.

Based on personal experiences and input from other people, young adults create a ________ that represents a unified sense of the past, present, and future.

Personal ________ beliefs reflect the degree to which you believe that your performance in a situation depends on something you do.

According to Erik Erikson, the major task of young adulthood is dealing with the psychosocial conflict of intimacy versus isolation.

_____ adulthood is the time when someone is more than an adolescent and less than a full adult.

A life-span construct refers to one's expectations about the future.

Based on statistics, which of these 30-year-old adults is MOST LIKELY to die within a year?

Faced with the prospect of voting for or against a state law legalizing same-sex marriages, Roberto considers many factors. He thinks about his own family and friends, his religion, his cultural upbringing, and his feelings about whether same-sex marriage is an acceptable form of the term "marriage." Roberto is using ________ judgment to determine his own position on this controversial issue.

Of all of the following neurotransmitters, how many are disrupted by the ingestion of alcohol? (a) norepinephrine; (b) glutamate; (c) serotonin; (d) GABA; (e) dopamine; (f) acetylcholine

Steve is on a first date with Nora. They are getting along well, when Nora suddenly hits Steve with a very deep question. "Where do you see yourself in 10 years, Steve?" she asks. Steve nearly chokes on his coffee, as he was just thinking about whether he'd get a goodnight kiss in an hour, not what he'd be doing in a decade. Nora has asked Steve to consider his ________.

Baltes and his colleagues (2006) have suggested that intellectual development in adults should be examined while considering several different factors. They include all but which of the following?

Between 2005 and 2008, the greatest increase in percentage of high school graduates enrolling in college was seen in

The term ________ refers to the amount of energy one's body needs.

In Western cultures, the most widely used criteria for deciding whether a person has reached adulthood are role transitions, which involve assuming new responsibilities and duties.