Ch. 22
Those who know her describe Matilda as a kind, helpful, and easygoing person. She is high on which of the Big Five traits?
Agreeableness
Which personality trait tends to increase with age?
Agreeableness
A long-term committed partnership correlates with health and happiness throughout adulthood and late adulthood. For most people, then, _____ is the crucial aspect of love in a partnership.
Commitment
People choose a particular lifestyle and social context, or _____, because it is compatible with their personality traits.
Ecological niche
All of Paulo and Geneva's children have moved out, started families, and are working on their careers. According to the text, Paulo and Geneva's home is now a(n) _____.
Empty nest
The theorist who proposed the idea that individuals continue to develop into adulthood was _____.
Erikson
The primary form that generativity takes is _____.
Establishing and guiding the next generation
When young people are first entering the workforce and establishing themselves in their careers, what do they tend to consider as the most important?
Extrinsic rewards
Jeremy was reared in several foster homes and never knew his parents. When he started working with Kent, he became close to Kent's family to the point where they fondly referred to him as "our newfound son." The family has "adopted" Jeremy as _____.
Fictive kin
How many stages of development did Abraham Maslow describe?
Five
According to Erikson, the developmental crisis that occurs after intimacy versus isolation is _____.
Generativity vs stagnation
After the children are grown, most married couples _____.
Have adequate time for their relationship
As people age, their friendships tend to _____.
Improve
Susan's grandmother, at age 80, is engaged in the personal journey of connecting her life with the historical and cultural purpose of human society. The grandmother is in which of Erikson's psychosocial stages?
Integrity vs despair
How has the Internet impacted friendships and relationships with consequential strangers?
It has strengthened friendships and increased the number of consequential strangers
John and Angela have been married for 6 years. According to research on linked lives like theirs, which statement is most likely true?
John now works more hours than before he was married
Committed partners who maintain separate homes but function as a committed couple are said to be _____.
Living apart together
In a typical family, the kinkeeper is MOST apt to be _____.
Middle-aged mother
Samuel is moody, anxious, and self-punishing. Samuel is high in _____.
Neuroticism
Research indicates that remarried people initially restore all of the following EXCEPT _____.
Previous friendships
Which is NOT one of the Big Five personality traits?
Selflessness
The group of people that moves through life with an individual while providing both protection and encouragement is called a _____.
Social convoy
People tend to display their wealth as a way of asserting their _____.
Status
How do consequential strangers differ from friends?
They include people from a wider variety of faiths, ethnic groups, ages, and political opinions.
Which statement about employees that work overtime is TRUE?
Workers who are required to work overtime feel less job satisfaction.
The Big Five personality traits _____.
are apparent in every culture and era
According to the text, middle age, if it exists _____.
could begin at 35 or 50
After a recent divorce, Cheryl is entering the workforce after many years off. As a single parent with three children, she needs a livable wage, good benefits, and a retirement plan. She is focused on the _____ of work.
extrinsic rewards
When Rob graduated from college, he found a good job, a nice apartment, and made new friends. Now, three years later, he has been laid off from his work and he has moved back into his parents' home. Statistically, Rob will likely _____.
feel comfortable staying with his parents
When a factory closed, Benito lost his job of 20 years. He is 39 years old. Finding a new job will be stressful because _____.
it may not offer equal pay or benefits
With regard to paid work, older employees tend to have _____ compared to younger employees.
less absenteeism
Within the workplace, for example, there are small things that go unnoticed by the majority person that seem aggressive to the minority person. These have been referred to as _____.
micro-aggressions
What proportion of all first marriages end in divorce?
one-third
