Chapter 8.3 Quiz

What did Levinson's research conclude about women in midlife transition?

Levinson reported that his stages, transitions, and the crisis of middle age hold for women as well as men

Don and Ellie have been married for over 30 years. Which of the following is likely to be MOST important in their relationship?

Security

Factors at age 50 that were linked with being in the "happy-well" group at age 75 to 80 years of age included all of the following EXCEPT?

being wealthy

Becky is careless, impulsive and disorganized. According to the Big Five personality factors, Becky will score low on _____?

conscientiousness

Middle adulthood is referred to as the sandwich generation because?

middle-aged adults may have to care for their own adolescent children as well as their elderly parents

Which of the following is NOT one of the five big personality traits identified by Costa and McCrae?

Adaptability

According to Levinson, the changes to middle-adulthood requires that the adult male come to grips with four major conflicts. Which of the following is NOT one of these major conflicts?

Being attractive versus being unattractive

Which theory is similar to the contemporary life-events approach in highlighting the importance of complex setting of our lives?

Bronfenbrenner's theory

Which of the following is a factor that could undermine the influence of increases in longevity on the nature of grandparenting?

Changing gender roles in childrearing (wrong)

Which of the following is NOT one of the main reasons that grandparents are thrust back into the "parenting" role they thought they had shed?

Filling the "empty nest"

In the Berkeley Longitudinal Studies, which of the following characteristics was generally stable across time for the adult?

Nurturance (wrong)

Which of the following is a major difference between Levinson's and Valliant's view on midlife?

Valliant maintains that only a minority of adults experience midlife as a crisis

It is common in nonindustrialized societies to?

describe individuals as young or old but not as middle-aged

The life-events approach to understanding adult development has been criticized because it?

focused on minor and not major life events (wrong)

In Erik Erikson's theory, adults strive for generativity to achieve a sense of _____?

immortality