Dev Psych 7 and 8

he overstated the consistency and generality of the patterns he found in his research

Levinson's research on the midlife crisis has some drawbacks, including the fact that _____.

the glass ceiling

Louise will probably have no further advancements at her company. Like most women there, she is unable to get promoted to anything higher than supervisor even though her work quality is excellent. Louise is experiencing __________.

has also been divorced

Marilee is a divorced woman who is thinking about remarrying. She is most likely to remarry someone who _____.

40 to 65

Middle adulthood is defined as the period from approximately _______ years of age.

hostile

Monica's boss invited her to dinner after their successful presentation and then asked her to go back to his hotel room. Her boss is demonstrating ____ sexism.

u-shaped

Most research has suggested that marital satisfaction over time follows a ________ configuration.

the brain

Nathan is a researcher interested in psychoneuroimmunology. He studies the relationship among the immune system, psychological factors, and _______.

stereotype threat

Negative societal stereotypes produce a state of ________, which are obstacles to performance that come from awareness of the stereotypes held by society about academic abilities.

companionate

Nellie feels a deep love for her friend Salina. She has helped Nellie through every major decision she has had to make in the past year. Based on this information, one could determine that the type of love Nellie feels for her best friend is _______ love.

homogamy

Noreen noticed that both of her sisters had married someone similar in age, race, education, religion, and other basic demographic characteristics. These tendencies are an example of __________.

manage a threatening situation by directly changing it to make less stressful

An individual would choose to use problem-focused coping when he or she wants to _______.

the ability to discern fine spatial detail in both close and distant objects

Around age 40, visual acuity typically begins to decline. What is visual acuity?

experimental

Karen is not very good at coping with new situations. She feels nervous and uncertain about what she should do. Which component of the triarchic theory of intelligence does she need to work on?

social support

Kerri knows she can always call Rose if she needs a shoulder to cry on. Rose is an important source of ______ to Kerri.

emotion focused

Kim worries about her kids watching too much television while she studies for her night class, but she shrugs it off as acceptable since her studying will help her get a better job. This is an example of ________ coping.

emotion-focused

Kim worries about her kids watching too much television while she studies for her night class, but she shrugs it off as acceptable since her studying will help her get a better job. This is an example of ________ coping.

has largely become what it will be for the rest of their lives

According to Piaget, by the time people leave adolescence their thinking, at least qualitatively, _________.

practical

According to Sternberg, if Jessica wants to be successful in her career, she needs _________ intelligence.

occupational success may be based on distinctive talents and not cognitive abilities

According to Timothy Salthouse, IQ tests on midlife adults may not be a good measure of occupational success because __________.

increase of both men and women

According to one analysis, every time the unemployment rate goes up 1%, admissions to psychiatric facilities _____.

encoding specificity

According to the ___________ phenomenon, people are most likely to recall information in environments that are similar to those in which they initially learned it.

attractiveness

According to the filter explanation, if Scott is looking for a potential spouse, the first factor he will take into consideration will be ________.

fatuous

Allie and Kevin fell passionately in love and got married after a very short courtship. Over time they realized that they did not share intimate conversations, goals, and dreams. The marriage ended when they realized they were not a good match. This relationship, which was marked by the presence of passion and commitment without intimacy, is an example of ____ love.

crystallized

Alyssa has always been a crossword puzzle fan. In solving the puzzles, she uses the accumulation of information, skills, and strategies that she has learned through experience. This accumulation is called _______ intelligence.

Ravanne helson's life events model

Alyssa is 22 and Amber is 40. Each of these women had her first child a year ago. According to _______, they are likely to share certain commonalities of personality development related to being new mothers despite the difference in their ages.

50%

By age 80, about _____ of men have enlarged prostate glands

50%

By some estimates, as many as _______ of women experience no significant symptoms of menopause.

multigenerational

Census data reveal that the ________ household is the fastest-growing household arrangement.

26%

College students between the ages of 25 and 35 make up ____ of the student body in the United States.

they do not control for cohort effects

Cross-sectional studies may well underestimate intelligences in older adults because _____.

defensive coping

Dina was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer three weeks ago, but when she told her children about it, she trivialized the situation and said it was just the way life goes. Dina is demonstrating the idea of _______.

first year adjustments

During the first semester of her freshman year at UCLA, Kelly felt anxious, lonely, and depressed. Her symptoms are all signs of _________.

an increase in the number of families in which both parents work

During the last half of the twentieth century, a major historical shift has taken place that directly affects young adults. There has been __________.

40

Early adulthood ends around age _____.

defensive

Eric told himself that failing the test was no big deal and that he would just make up the grade somehow, even though the semester was nearly over and he had not done well on previous exams. This is an example of _______ coping.

psychological

First-year adjustment reaction is the result of a cluster of ____ symptoms.

acute

Following the car accident, Hillary felt on edge and worried about everything. The car accident is a type of ____ stressor.

social

Heather is an excellent salesperson. She knows how to talk to a customer and she is generally good with people. According to Holland's Personality Type Theory, Heather is _______.

12% of men; 7% of women

In a given year, how many men and women say they have had sex outside their marriage?

long term memory

In middle age, which of the following shows a decline for some people?

to decide if its implications are positive, negative, or neutral

In the primary appraisal stage of evaluating stress, an individual looks at an event ________.

emotional

Isabelle gets along well with others and is able to understand how others are feeling. She displays ______ intelligence.

chronic

Janet's mother was ill for many months before she passed away. Janet was at her side for the duration and, as a result, felt a very high level of stress. The responsibilities of caring for her mother would be categorized as a(n) _________ stressor for Janet.

20%

Obesity is defined as body weight that is ____ or more above the average weight for a person of a given height.

75-80%

Of those who go through a divorce, approximately _______ end up marrying again, usually within two to five years.

schemas

Organized bodies of information stored in memory, known as _________, help people represent the way the world is organized and allow them to categorize and interpret new information.

sound localization

Paul is 50 years old and has worked around noisy machinery most of his adult life. He now has some hearing loss, including a decrease in the ability to identify the direction and origin of a sound. This latter ability is known as _____.

they usually are right

People with a great deal of expertise are not always very good at explaining how they arrived at their conclusions; their solutions just seem right to them. In fact, _____.

schemas

People's _______ serve to organize their behavior and help them to interpret social events.

realistic

Phillip will be graduating from college next spring. He is in the process of exploring all of the career options open to him. He is in the midst of Ginzberg's _______ period.

agentic

Professions that are associated with getting things accomplished are known as _______ professions.

emerging adulthood

Psychologist Jeffery Arnett believed that the end of the teenage years through the early 20s marked a time known as __________.

the brain, immune system, and psychological factors

Psychoneuroimmunologists are experts in the study of the relationship among ________.

stress anxiety

Research has shown that the most common problem students seek help with at the college counseling center relates to __________.

increase until the mid-40s, is lower at age 60

Research on intellectual functioning in adulthood indicates that numeric ability tends to _______, and then remains steady through the rest of the life span.

increases brain growth

Research shows that exercise and staying fit produce many rewards in young adults. What is NOT one of those rewards?

exhibit minimal or no memory loss

Research shows that most people in middle age _____________.

twice

Research shows that women are ____ as likely as men to drop out of math, engineering, and physical science majors.

how fast people talk

Researchers used several measures to assess the tempo of life in various countries. what is NOT one of the measures used?

osteoporosis

Seventy-year-old Sue recently fell and fractured her arm. A bone scan revealed that Sue's bones have become brittle, fragile, and thin. Based on this information, it is reasonable to conclude that Sue most likely has _____.

they feel the need to have the same level of education as their children

Sherry Willis has found three basic goals for adults' participation in learning. what is NOT one of these?

3%

Statistics show that ___ of adults who have a college education live below the poverty line.

50

Statistics show that over ____ million people in the United States are physically or mentally challenged.

secure attachment style

Susan finds it easy to get close to others and has no fear of being abandoned in a relationship. This is an example of what? according to Phillip Shaver.

stimulus-value-role

The SVR theory established by Murstein is an acronym for ____________.

achieving

The ______ stage of Schaie's model is found during young adulthood.

resilience

The ability to withstand, overcome, and even thrive after profound adversity is known as _______.

early adulthood

The brain reaches its maximum weight and size during __________.

japan

The death rate from heart and circulatory diseases in _______ is only one-fourth of the rate in the United States.

select a focus word

The first step in the relaxation response technique is _________.

breast cancer

The most common cause of cancer death among women is _____

the united states

The murder rate for men is far higher in ________ than in any other developed country.

stress

The physical and emotional response to an event that threatens or challenges us is called ____.

general happiness

The term "subjective well-being" refers to _____.

7.5

Today about _____ million people are cohabiting in the United States.

27

Today, the median age of first marriage in the United States for men is ____.

passed the americans with disabilities act

Tyler has been offered a new job at a company he is very excited to work for. But, Tyler is confined to a wheelchair and the office does not have access for him. What has the U.S. government done to try to prevent this type of situation?

mammograms

What is NOT a possible treatment for cancer?

the relationship with their parents is no different

What is the response of the majority of adult children who have come back to live with their parents after they have been out of the family home?

experts can process information automatically, rely on intuition, and often bend the rules

What separates experts from the less skilled?

Labouvie- Vief

When Liz met Tom at the party, she quickly realized how much he reminded her of her last boyfriend. She wondered if Tom might end up treating her the way he had and decided she would not pursue seeing Tom in the future. Whose theory of postformal thought is being represented in this situation?

prostate gland

When a man has difficulty starting to urinate, or needs to urinate frequently at night, one of the first things his doctor is likely to check is the functioning of his _________.

consummate

When all three components of Sternberg's triangular theory are present, it is called _____ love.

dialectical thinking

Which factor of postformal thought does Stephen engage in when he debates his friends about the current events of the day?

openness

Which of the "Big Five" personality traits describes a person's level of curiosity and interest in new experiences?

Labouvie- Vief

Whose theory of intellectual growth is marked by the idea that thinking based solely on formal operations is insufficient to meet the demands placed on young adults?

the meaning of middle aged individuals give their forgetfullness

With regard to memory functioning, which of the following actually changes in middle adulthood?

middle-aged drivers have fewer accidents

With regard to the relationship between age and the ability to drive a car, compared to younger drivers, _____.

selective optimization with compensation

_____ is the process people use in concentrating on particular skill areas to compensate for losses in other areas.

passionate

_____ love is a state of powerful absorption in another person.

glaucoma

_______ can lead to tunnel vision or even total blindness if it goes untreated.

extrinsic

_______ motivation drives people to obtain tangible rewards, such as money and prestige.

fluid

________ intelligence reflects information processing capabilities, as well as reasoning and memory skills

coping

_________ is the effort to control, reduce, or learn to tolerate the threats that lead to stress.

infatuation

what is NOT a component in Sternberg's triangular theory of love?

eidetic memory

what is NOT a traditional component of memory?

hillary learned all of her colors in preschool

what is an example of the acquisitive stage in Schaie's model of development?

ulcers

what is most likely to be the result of a psychosomatic disorder?

regular exercise helps reduce the risk of osteoporosis

what statement about osteoporosis is accurate?

vigor

what would NOT be included in Erikson's idea of intimacy?