CFD Exam 3

Teenagers distorted feelings that everyone is looking at and making judgements about them is called:

Adolescent Egocentrism

Jane and Dolly are both 55 years old and have been co-workers for several years. Jane typically deals with stress easily and bounces back from setbacks in the workplace. Dolly is very high strung, impulsive, and tends to take things personally at work. Which of the 5 core predisposition defines both personalities?

Agreeableness

Which eating disorder was added to the 2013 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5)

Binge eating Disorder

After working as a teacher for 10 years, Sherry has decided to enroll in a graduate program to become a school counselor. This is an example of a :

Boundary-less career

Mark believes that the best approach to supporting his wife and family is to work hard and support his wife as she cares for the children. The term that best describes Mark's approach to fatherhood is:

Breadwinner

A disorder characterized by binging and purging called:

Bulimia nervosa

Which 20th century psychologist disputed Kohlberg's theory as a male-centered approach to moral reasoning

Carol Gilligan

Each of the following is a component of Sternberg's Triangle Theory of love EXCEPT:

Communication

Which core personality disposition describe people who may have educational success, happy marriages, and live longer

Conscientious

________, Which is defined as basic intelligence and knowledge base, tends to increase in midlife and declines in later adulthood

Crystallized intelligence

During the late 20th Century, different living arrangement and other family forms became more common. Today marriage is much less of a universal path. This change is called the:

Deinstitutionalization of marriage

Sean, a 15 year old, has recently moved to a new apartment complex and had become friends with Bryan and Quinton. Bryan and Quinton often engaged in risk taking behaviors such as vandalizing property and stealing. tHey begin to taunt Sean to participate, telling him he is a "momma's boy' if he doesn't participate. This is an example of:

Deviancy training

Marcia's identity statuses would describe Joe's feelings of aimlessness and inability to imagine any adult future as:

Diffusion

Adolescence first was defined as a distinct life stage:

During the late 1930s when high school attendance became mandatory

_________ girls are more vulnerable to making dangerous impulsive decisions, struggling in school and/or experience anxiety or depression during adolescent years.

Early maturing

Betty is doing extra tasks at work so she can get a promotion. Betty has:

Extrinsic career rewards

The term to describe grandparents who help with the younger family members when there is a crisis is:

Family watchdogs

After graduating from college with an accounting degree, Joe obtained a position in a local accounting firm. He feels he is finally working at his peak capacities and totally absorbed in his new job. Joe is experiencing:

Flow

An individual who adopts an identity that someone else gives them without any thoughts is in:

Foreclosure

Which psychologist developed the term adolescence which he defined as a time of "storm and stress"

G. Stanley Hall

According to Erikson's psychosocial stages, the term to describe the goal of people in midlife who are working toward nurturing the next generation is :

Generatively

Hector's parents are Cuban immigrants and have strong connections to their Cuban heritage. In elementary school, he was reluctant to discuss his heritage. Now in college, Hector fully embraces his Cuban heritage. Hector:

Has developed an ideal ethnic identity

All are incorrect stereotypes that were mentioned in the text about homosexuality EXCEPT:

Homosexuals are prone to criminal behavior

After visiting with a career counselor and participating in an internship at a local accounting firm, Joe has decide to become an accountant. He had finally reached which identity status?

Identity achievement

At 23, Joe feels aimless, and cannot imagine any adult future. According to Erikson's psychosocial stages, joe is experiencing:

Identity confusion

According to the Seattle Longitudinal Study, the definitive study of aging and IQ:

Intellectual peak is reached in midlife

Bill is doing extra tasks at work because he loves the challenge of work itself. Bill has:

Intrinsic career rewards

Determining "at-risk" adolescents can be based on all of the following EXCEPT:

Lack of socialization

All of the following predict that an adolescent will make an early transition to intercourse EXCEPT:

Living in a middle class home

Happy couples do all of the following EXCEPT:

Make sure to press the other person to talk about feelings when he or she is upset

Mark and Jenna have been married for several years and equally share household responsibilities. Recently, the couple had their first child. After birth, Jenna noticed that mark had begun to take less responsibility around the house. The couple is struggling with:

Marital equity

To keep intellectually fit as you age, you should do all of the following EXCEPT:

Move from interest to interest, and regularly try totally different things

The underlying message of the research on the transition to parenthood is:

Never have children to save an unhappy marriage

Based on the chapter, what might you suggest to improve the high school experience to be a better fit for adolescents?

Offer more service-learning classes involving hands on volunteer activities and classes that directly relate to life.

David is a 15 years old freshman in high school. He feels he is special, invincible, and won't get hurt if he takes incredible risks. Elkind calls this feeling the:

Personal fable

___________ is an extension of Piaget's theory of cognitive development which describes the more advanced reasoning of adults

Postformal thought

The growth of the penis and the onset of menstruation are examples of changes in:

Primary sexual characteristics

All of the internal and external changes related to physically becoming an adult are called:

Puberty

The term to describe when children have the opportunity to care for a beloved mother or father who is in in later life is:

Redemption sequence

According to research by McAdams, the term to describe when highly generative people focus on the positive aspects of tragic events is:

Redemption sequences

Juanita is constantly stressed from balancing the demands of her job and her family. She is suffering from:

Role conflict

What term is used to describe the decline in the average age when children reach puberty in developed countries

Secular trend in puberty

Mark and hi girlfriend Jenna have a good relationship. They enjoy activities together, but also enjoy their time apart, such as Sundays when Jenna goes shopping with her girlfriends and Mark has the guys over to watch sports. Their friends all say they make each other very happy. Mark can be said to be:

Securely attached

The cultural code that gives men greater sexual freedom than women is called:

Sexual double standard

A term to describe charting progress of people reaching certain milestones either on time or off time is:

Social clock

Declining sexuality in older women is primarily due to:

Social issues

An important message to consider related to the school-to-work transition is :

The U.S. can do a much better job at helping young people establish themselves in the workforce

Jennifer, a high school senior, is excited about her acceptance to the local university. In a meeting with her school counselor, Ms. Smith offers the following advice to Jennifer as to how to have a good college experience

Try to get connected to your professors and your school

The idea that marital satisfaction is highest at the beginning of marriage then decline and then rises after children leave home is called the:

U-shaped curve of marital satisfaction

According to Kohlberg's levels of moral reasoning, which of the following statements would be classified as postconventional

You have to go against the rules of your culture if you know in your heart that something is right

Adolescent thinking differ from childhood thinking based on the ability to think:

abstractly

According to Hater, _________ was most important whether adolescents felt generally good about themselves.

being happy about their looks

The new stage of development that begins after high school, lasts into the 20s and focuses on constructing an adult life is called

emerging adulthood

Piaget's final stage of cognitive development involving abstract, scientific thought is called:

formal operations

If Melissa is a typical teen, she and her parents are especially likely to argue about;

her curfew and other independence issues

The secular trend in puberty is primarily due to:

improvements in nutrition

Research by the Gates Foundation found that the main reason people decide to drop out of college was:

inability to pay for school

Adrenal androgens are hormones that produce all of the following except:

increased brain function

According to Erikson's psychosocial stages, the first task for those in early adulthood is:

intimacy

Middle age or midlife:

is not a well-defined age group

Contemporary societies tend to ______ puberty

minimize

In today's society, mother tend to spend_________ time with their children than their mothers did.

more

Having dated for several years, Mark believes Jenna will make a good life partner. According to Murstein's stimulus-value role theory, Mark is in:

role

A term to describe an inner timetable the dictate how people engage in life activities at a certain age is called:

shared age norms

For adolescents, the pathway to connecting romantically begins in middle school with

unisex cliques who get together to check out the opposite sex at places like the mall.

Although research and theories about adolescence may offer differing views, most adolescents' are:

upbeat and happy about their lives, but also experience emotional extremes