Psy 230 chapter 10
_____ is the primary function of emerging adulthood.
Exploration
How does nest-leaving vary by culture and ethnicity?
Immigrants and ethnic minorities do not feel as compelled to leave home as European Americans.
Grace is a 19-year-old college sophomore. She is living away from home for the first time and is trying to decide on a major. Grace is in a phase of life many developmental psychologists call _____ adulthood.
emerging
Emerging adulthood is _____.
experienced only by people in the developed world
An emerging adult tries out many different roles during _____.
moratorium
Des feels lost. A second-semester sophomore, he has changed his major twice already. None of his classes have excited him, and his cumulative GPA is 1.85. Des is not sure what he should do. Des's example illustrates an identity status that Marcia called _____.
moratorium
Fifteen-year-old Melanie thinks she may be a lesbian, but she is not sure. She is exploring gay and lesbian literature and has read some of the scientific literature on homosexuality. By contrast, 16-year-old Nancy self-identifies as a lesbian and sometimes participates in social events for gay and lesbian youth at a local community center. In Marcia's terms, Melanie is in the _____ stage of identity development, while Nancy reflects the _____ stage.
moratorium; achievement
Jesseka is going to a college in a city where she is an ethnic minority. She has felt discrimination many times. One way for Jesseka to reduce the risk of experiencing depression from the discrimination would be for her to _____.
reach out to others in her ethnic group in her new city
Teena is an emerging adult. Teena MOST likely lives in _____.
the United States
Hillary is in her mid-30s and still living in a modest apartment with a roommate. She worries that she will never find "the one," buy a house, and start a family. In developmentalists' terms, Hillary's anxiety reflects her sense that she is off ____ with respect to the ____ in the United States.
time; social clock
