PSYC 2583 Quiz #13

Researchers have primarily used _____ studies to assess stability and change across the life span.

longitudinal

A common complaint voiced by both adult children and their parents when adult children return home is a(n):

loss of privacy

The majority of sibling relationships in adulthood are:

close

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 places an individual on a continuum from secure to insecure?

neuroticism

George Vaillant concludes that the _____ are a decade of reassessing and recording the truth about the adolescent and adulthood years.

forties

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

placed too much emphasis on change

When women experience stress, they are more likely to engage in:

a tend and befriend pattern

According to Levinson, one of 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

The _____ life-events approach focuses on the ways life events and the circumstances surrounding the events influence development.

contemporary

The _____ model of personality development states that with time and age people become more adept at interacting with their environment in ways that promote increased stability in personality.

cumulative personality

According to research, grandparents who are raising their grandchildren are at increased risk for developing:

depression

Middle-aged partners are more likely to view their marriage as positive if they:

engage in mutual activities

Erikson named the fourth stage in his life-span theory generativity versus stagnation.

false

When men face stress, they are more likely to respond in a:

fight-or-flight manner

Erikson proposed that middle-aged adults face a significant issue that he termed:

generativity versus stagnation

Adult development experts are virtually unanimous in their belief that midlife crises:

have been exaggerated

Which of the following statements about sibling relationships is TRUE?

it is rare for sibling closeness to develop for the first time in adulthood

According to Lachman, researchers have found that on average a sense of personal control peaks in _____.

midlife

Levinson sees the twenties as a(n) _____ phase of adult development.

novice

Whereas _____ is important in new relationships, especially in young adulthood, _____ becomes more important in middle adulthood.

romance; mutual emotional interest

Younger adults are more likely to experience _____ love and older adults are more likely to experience _____ love.

romantic; affectionate

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

self-confidence

Which of the following aspects of life do middle-aged adults feel they have less control over?

sex life

_____ develops when individuals sense that they have done nothing for the next generation.

stagnation

D'Angelo and his wife just had their last child move out of the house. They had lived vicariously through their children, letting their sports activities and various achievements dominate their lives. Now they may experience _____, which includes a decline in marital satisfaction after children leave the home.

the empty nest syndrome

The contemporary life-event approach emphasizes the way a life-event influences an individual's development depends on the event as well as the mediating factors, the individual's adaptation to the life event, the life-stage context, and the sociohistorical context.

true

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"

According to Levinson, the transition from dependence to independence is marked by the:

formation of a dream

The cumulative personality model states that with time and age, people become more adept at interacting with their environment in ways that promote stability of personality.

true