Chapter 14 Dev

becky is careless, impulsive and disorganized. According to the big five personality factors, Becky will score low on:

conscientiousness

which of the following statements about the empty nest syndrome is true

decline in martial satisfaction

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

divorce, adolescent pregnancies and drug use

a common complaint voiced by both adult children and their parents when adult children return to live at home is a:

loss of privacy

according to the Almeida and Horn study, which of the following is the difference in the experience of stressors between young adults and middle-aged adults

middle age adults experienced more "overload" stressors that involved juggling too many activities at once

which of the following is a significant observation by Neugarten regarding social clocks

people whose lives are not synchronized with social clocks find life to be more stressful

the life events approach to understanding adult development has been criticized because it ____

places too much emphasis on change; failure to recognize that our daily experiences may be the primary sources of stress in our lives

middle age americans agree that a major component of their well-being involves

positive relationships with others (parents, spouses, offspring)

according to research on intergenerational relationships, in which of the following ways is an adult child most likely to be similar to his or her parents

religion and politics

according to the Lachman and Firth study, middle aged adults feel they have less control over their:

sex life and children

according to Levinson, the changes to middle-adult requires that the adult male come to grips with four major conflicts. Which of the following is not one of these major conflicts?

1. being young vs being old 2. destructive vs. constructive 3. masculine vs feminine 4. attached to others vs. separated from them

in a survey conducted by AARP (2004), the primary reason middle-aged and older men cited for wanting a divorce was:

1. no obvious problems- just fell out of love 2. cheating 3. different values and lifestules

which of the following statements about sibling relationships is true?

adulthood sibling relationships are close; rare to develop closeness for the first time in adulthood

factors at age 50 that were linked with being in the happy-well group at age 75 to 80 years of age included all the following except:

alcohol abuse and smoking/ wealth and income

in the berkley longitudinal studies, which of the following characteristics was generally stable across time for the adult?

intellectually oriented, self-confident, and open to new experiences

which of the following is true of middle aged and older adults who had poor sibling relationships in childhood

more likely to develop depression by age 50= men

cross-cultural studies show that in non-industrialized countries the concept of middle age is:

not very clear or sometimes absent

across a 10 year period, which of the following big five personality factors did not predict health outcomes involving physical health, blood pressure, and number of days limited at work or home due to physical health factors?

openness

According to Levinson, which of the following should occur at the end of one's teens?

transition from dependence to independence

Guillermo has taught his apprentices all the specialized techniques he has developed over the years as a carpenter. According to Erikson, he has achieved ____ generatively

work