HDFS Exam #3 (14)
In the context of adult psychosocial development, which of the following is a belief held by Erik Erikson?
A failure to fulfill a natural procreative urge has negative consequences for development.
Which of the following do YOU believe is the MOST ESSENTIAL marker of becoming an adult?
Accept responsibility for your actions
According to the lecture, which of the following is FALSE about path(s)to adulthood?
Age is one path to adulthood
In the context of Costa and McCrae's five factors of personality, according to Leger and others (2016), identify a true statement about agreeableness.
Agreeableness is associated to declines in positive affect following a stressor.
According to Graf (2019), which of the following is a trend associated with cohabitation in the United States?
Cohabiting relationships tend to be less satisfying and less stable than marriages.
Which of the following is a trend related to individuals' adjustment to divorce?
Divorce tends to reduce long-term well-being, especially for the partner who did not initiate the divorce or does not remarry.
According to Collins and Van Dulmen (2006), what is the primary reason why friendships during young adulthood are often less stable than in either adolescence or later adulthood?
Emerging adults relocate more frequently than do adolescents.
Identify a trend associated with the typical marrying age in industrialized countries.
In the United States in 2009, the median age of first-time bridegrooms was 26.3.
Which of the following is true of Erik Erikson's sixth stage of psychosocial development called intimacy versus isolation?
In this stage, young adults either form strong, long-lasting bonds with friends and romantic partners or face a possible sense of solitariness and self-absorption.
Which of the following is true of the timing-of-events model of adult psychosocial development?
It holds that the course of development depends on when certain incidents happen in people's lives.
According to Robert J. Sternberg's triangular theory of love, which of the following is true of passion?
It is based on inner drives that translate physiological arousal into sexual desire.
Identify a true statement about secure ethnic identity.
It is related to high self-esteem.
According to Robert J. Sternberg's triangular theory of love, which of the following is true of commitment?
It is the decision to love and to stay with the beloved.
What complicates transgender identity development for many young adults?
Many transgender people must also weigh the social consequences of changing gender.
Which of the following is a trend associated with marriage?
Marriage is associated with increases in economic security for both men and women.
According to Belsky and others (2003), which of the following is true about young adults' relationships with their parents?
Parents and young adult children get along best when the young adult is following a normative life course.
Identify a trend associated with parenthood.
People in industrial societies typically have fewer children today than in earlier generations.
Which of the following is true according to the timing-of-events model of adult psychosocial development?
People usually are keenly aware of both their timing and the social clock.
Identify a belief held by approximately 56 percent of adults in the United States.
Sharing household chores is very important to marital success.
In the context of gay and lesbian relationships, which of the following is is true as of 2018, according to McCarthy?
Sixty-seven percent of Americans support gay marriage.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2019), which of the following is a trend related to men's or women's involvement in parenthood?
The labor force participation rate for mothers with children under the age of 6 years is 65.1 percent.
Which of the following is true of the trait models of adult psychosocial development?
They focus on the measurement and examination of mental, emotional, temperamental, or behavioral attributes that vary between people.
Which of the following is true of the normative-stage models of adult psychosocial development?
They hold that adults follow a basic sequence of age-related psychosocial changes.
According to the typological approach to adult psychosocial development, which of the following is true of overcontrolled people?
They tend to keep their thoughts to themselves and to withdraw from conflict.
According to Lopez-Gay et al. (2014), which of the following is a finding related to cohabitation rates?
Within the Americas, cohabitation rates are relatively low in Mexico and the United States in comparison with the rates in Central America.
Which of the following is true about friendships among young adults?
Young adults tend to rely on friendships to fulfill their social needs.
In the context of the five-factor model of adult psychosocial development, Costa and McCrae found considerable continuity within people as well as normative developmental change in all five dimensions between
adolescence and age 30.
A payment made by a groom or his family to the bride's family is known as a
bride price
A service provided to the family of a bride in exchange for the marriage is known as a
bride service
A payment by a bride's family to the newly married couple or to the groom's family is known as a
dowry
There are many paths to adulthood. Which one was NOT mentioned in lecture?
financial attainment
The most frequently cited reasons for divorce are lack of emotional support and
incompatibility
The mean age of mothers giving birth to their first children in the United States has
increased over the past few decades
In the context of psychosocial development, the normative crisis of young adulthood is
intimacy versus isolation.
According to lecture, what happens to marital satisfaction when couples become parents?
it declines during the child raising years
Which of the following is true about cohabitation (couples living together)?
it is becoming increasingly common around the world
Research about the effect of parenthood on marital satisfaction shows that
it typically declines during hte child-raising years, but that is not universally true.
One of the trait models of adult psychosocial development is Paul T. Costa and Robert R. McCrae's five-factor model consisting of factors, or dimensions, that seem to underlie five groups of associated traits, known as the "Big Five." Which of the following is one of these groups of associated traits?
neuroticism
The idea that personality changes in typical ways at certain periods throughout the life course is described by:
normative stage models of personality development
Which of the lists below accurately represents the "Big Five"?
openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism
A recent study of 106 countries showed _____ are less likely to report affiliation with a religious identity or belief system than _____.
younger adults; older adults
In the context of the five-factor model of adult psychosocial development, according to McCrae et al. (2000) and Specht, Egloff, and Shmukle (2011), which of the following is true about young adults?
Agreeableness and conscientiousness generally increase in young adults.
Which of the following is a trend associated with dual-income families?
Currently, women are providing an increasingly large percentage of family income.
Identify a true statement about the timing-of-events model of adult psychosocial development.
It emphasizes the individual life course.
According to Robert J. Sternberg's triangular theory of love, which of the following is true of intimacy?
It involves self-disclosure, which leads to connection, warmth, and trust.
According to the typological approach to adult psychosocial development, which of the following is TRUE of ego resiliency?
It is the ability to adapt flexibly and resourcefully to potential sources of stress.
Which of the following is true about the 2015 jurisprudence in the United States concerning gay and lesbian people?
The U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage.
________ is the only industrialized nation without paid maternity leave, although a few states have adopted paid family plans.
The United States
Identify a TRUE statement about men's involvement in parenthood.
When women work and earn more, fathers tend to step in and increase their with the children.
The "Big Five" is an example of:
a trait model of personality
According to the lecture, financial independence, moving out of your parents' house, and finishing your education are examples of:
markers of adulthood
According to Kennedy and Ruggles (2013), the recent decline in divorce
may reflect the rise in cohabitation, which, if it ends, does not end in divorce.
The transition to Adulthood is not
the exact same for every individual
Which of the following has the strongest influence on the religious identity of young adults, according to Smith et al. (2010)?
their inner lives
Personality models stating that adult milestones, such as getting married, starting a career, and going to college have a different effect on people if they do them later or earlier than their peers are known as:
timing of events models
Arranged marriages typically focus on the union of
two families
According to the lecture, which of the following is NOT an identity descriptor of becoming an adult?
Becoming a mother or father
What does the "N" stand for in the Big Five model of personality?
neuroticism
In typological personality models, the term for people who are impulsive is:
under controlled
