Chapter 13

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately _________% of 18- to 24- year old are either overweight or obese

40

What substances is most likely to accelerate the heart rate and constrict the arteries

Cocaine

Arnett considers _______ adulthood to be an age of instability

Emerging

True or False HIV/AIDS is the leading cause of death of young adults in the United States today

False Accidents are the most prominent cause of death for young men and women.

True or False Piaget proposed a fifth stage of cognitive development, the postformal stage

False Piaget's theory of cognitive development ended with formal-operational thinking. Having said that, some followers of Piaget have proposed a postformal stage

True or False Menstrual discomfort is abnormal

False Statistically speaking, some degree of menestrual discomfort is the norm

True or False The Majority of rapes are committed by strangers in deserted neighborhoods or darkened alleyways

False The great majority of rapes are committed by an acquaintance of the victim

The most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States is

HPV

Prostaglandin

Hormones that cause muscles in the uterine wall to contract, as during labor

premenstural syndrome (PMS)

The discomforting symptoms that affect many women during the 4-6 day interval preceding their periods

Adaptive thermogensis

The process by which the body converts food energy (calories) to heat as a lower rate when a person eats less, because of, for examples, famine or dieting.

Efforts to diet may be sabotaged by a bodily mechanism called adaptive _______, which slows the body's metabolic rate

Thermogensis

True or False Million-dollar lottery winners often feel aimless and dissatisfied if they quit their jobs after striking it rich

True Work can have social, emotional, and cognitive rewards, not simply financial rewards

By the ages of 35 to 44, which of the following replaces homicide as the second leading cause of death? suicide HIV/AIDS Influenza and pneumonia Cancer

cancer

As people mature, Labouvie-Vief found that they tend to develop a ___ complexity that enables them to harbor both positive and negative feelings about their career choices

cognitive-affective

pragmatic thought

decision making characterized by willingness to accept reality and compromise

sexual harassment

deliberate or repeated unwanted comments, gestures, or physical contact

By the end of early adulthood, the skin begins to do all of the following except develop acne grow less elastic wrinkle loosen

develop acne

dualistic thinking

dividing the cognitive world into opposites, such as good and bad, or us versus them

The source of stress most commonly reported by 18-32 year old is

money

Dysmenorrhea

painful menstruation

relativistic thinking

recognition that judgments are often not absolute but made from a certain belief system or cultural background

After age _____, women who become pregnant are usually advised to have their fetuses checked for Down's syndrome and other chromosomal abnormalities.

35

Which age group is most likely to report that the amount of stress they are experiencing as increased over the past five years?

18-32 year olds

The CDC recommends that adults engage in at least ______ minutes of vigorous physical activity five days a week

30

In the Arnett survey, when 18 to 25 year olds were asked "Do you Feel that you have reached adulthood?", the largest number said

In some ways yes, and in other ways no.

fluid intelligence

Mental flexibility; the ability to process information rapidly

crystallized intelligence

One's intellectual attainments, as shown, for example, by vocabulary and accumulated knowledge

Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD)

a condition similar to but more severe than PMS

cognitive-affective complexity

a mature form of thinking that permits people to harbor positive and negative feelings about their career choices and other matters

Emerging adulthood

a theoretical period of development, spanning the ages of 18 to 25, in which young people in developed nations engage in extended role exploration

Amenorrhea

absence of menstruation

The leading cause of death among young adult s is

accidents

Among 25 to 44 year olds, the leading cause of death is......

accidents, injuries

According to Perry, assuming that the world can easily divide into black and white, good versus bad, or us versus them, is termed _________ thinking

dualistic

What is not a recommended way to help overweight people lose weight?

exposing oneself to temptations and saying "No!"

Piaget's final stage of cognitive development is the

formal operational stage

Which of the following cannot be treated successfully with antibiotics? Genital herpes Chlamydia Gonorrhea Syphilis

genital herpes

In a multicultural society or on a college campus, students may realize that judgement of good and bad are often made from a certain belief system, such as religion or a cultural background, so that such judgments actually represent ___ thinking rather than absolute judgments

relativistic

epistemic cognition

thought processes directed at considering how we arrive at our beliefs, facts, and ideas