Exam 10: Becoming an Adult: Physical, Cognitive, and Personality Development in Young Adulthood.

Tagging a future event to a specific age by which it will be completed creates a social ________________.

Donald is having a real problem with his boss at work. Try though he has, he cannot seem to get his boss to ease up on him. He decides that rather than try to change his relationship with his boss, he will change how he allows their constant conflicts to affect him. He vows to stop letting it "get to him," and comes up with new ways to avoid getting upset over their constant struggles. Donald is using ____ control in his relationship with his boss.​

Before a person can successfully create an intimate relationship with another person, Erikson felt that they had to first​

The desire to live a more "aggressive" life through physically and emotionally threatening situations on the boundary between life and death is termed ____.

The "yes means yes" approach refers to refers to the need to obtain affirmative consent at each step during a sexual encounter.

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​

Overall, McAdams believes that one's identity is​

Of the following individuals, how many qualify as having experienced an episode of binge drinking? (a) Martha, who had 6 drinks within a 30 minute period at her sister's wedding about 6 weeks ago; (b) Janice, who had 3 shots of vodka in 5 minutes at the club last weekend; (c) Erik, who won a contest with his friend by having 7 shots of tequila in 7 minutes last night; (d) Aaron, who had 4 beers in an hour during the football game on Saturday.​

Most theories of intelligence are ____; that is, they identify several types of intellectual abilities.​

Which of the following individuals is likely to establish their financial independence from their parents the earliest?​

Which best describes the relationship between LDLs and HDLs?​

Cathy and Bettina are sitting together one evening talking about their house. "I'd really like to renovate the kitchen within the next year," says Bettina. Cathy agrees, but points out that they can't afford such an expensive project, especially since they have a new baby to take care of and pay for. They both agree that if they work more hours at their jobs that they will be able to make the extra money needed to pay for the renovation. Cathy and Bettina are demonstrating ____ control.​

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.

________________ adult students are college students who are well beyond the traditional age of 18 to 22 years. In most cases college use this term to refer to students who are older than 25 years of age.

Physical strength, coordination, and dexterity tends to peak in the late twenties and early thirties, and then decline throughout the rest of the life for​

During ____, there tends to be a significant drop in one's participation in risky behaviors such as driving recklessly, having sex without contraception, and engaging in extreme sports.​

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.

Binge drinking is defined as drinking five or more drinks in a row for men and four or more drinks in a row for women, all within the past two weeks.

Angel and Jolie are having a discussion about the politics of stem-cell research. Angel feels that it should be actively pursued in order to discover the cures to many medical conditions, while Jolie feels that stem cells should not be used to further human medical knowledge. If Angel says, "Well, you have the right to your own position, even if we disagree," she would be demonstrating that she is at the ____ stage of reflective judgment.

During adolescence, Erikson suggested that we formulate our identity. As adults, we have a formulated view of ourselves. Which of the following links these two phenomena?