Deck 11: Family and Adulthood

Question 1

Arnett argues there is a distinct developmental period in between adolescence and young adulthood called:

A) beginning adulthood
B) emerging adulthood
C) developing adulthood
D) entering adulthood

Answer 1

B

Question 2

What is currently the most common living arrangement for 18-34 year olds?

A) with a roommate
B) with a significant other
C) with their parents
D) by themselves

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The rate and timing of physical changes in adulthood is independent of lifestyle factors.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Which is not a common physical change in adulthood?

A) height change
B) weight change
C) skin change
D) hair change

Question 5

Melissa is about to turn 40 years old and wants to slow the aging process down. What is something she should stop doing?

A) smoking
B) drinking alcohol use
C) poor dieting
D) all of the above

Question 6

Pregnancy is impossible after a woman has experienced menopause.

Question 7

Estrogen begins to decline in women who are in their ___________________.

A) early 30s
B) mid 30s
C) late 30s
D) early 40s

Question 8

The age of the male is not linked to fertility.

Question 9

When Diane relocated to a new city at the age of 50, she found creative ways to make new friends very quickly. This is an example of her _____________ ability.

A) concrete
B) crystallized
C) flexible
D) fluid

Question 10

Stan returned to college after he turned 40 so that he could accumulate more knowledge about computer technology. This is an example of his ________________ ability.

A) concrete
B) crystallized
C) flexible
D) fluid

Question 11

Most adults show an increase in fluid thinking between ages ________________.

A) 20 and 30
B) 30 and 40
C) 40 and 50
D) 50 and 60

Question 12

The process through which we incorporate new information into our existing identity is known as:

A) accommodation
B) acculturation
C) assimilation
D) adaptation

Question 13

The process through which individuals alter their identity based on new experiences is known as:

A) accommodation
B) acculturation
C) assimilation
D) adaptation

Question 14

Throughout adulthood, positive affect typically _______________ and negative affect typically _______________.

A) increases; increases
B) increases; decreases
C) decreases; decreases
D) decreases; increases

Question 15

There is no association between middle age and feelings of turmoil, confusion, and life dissatisfaction.

Question 16

About _______________ of first marriages are preceded by cohabitation.

A) 42%
B) 52%
C) 62%
D) 72%

Question 17

There is strong evidence that cohabitating prior to marriage is a protective factor against divorce.

Question 18

In the United States, the median age at first marriage for women is ________ years of age.

A) 24
B) 26
C) 30
D) 32

Question 19

In the United States, which group of women is most likely to have never been married?

A) Black women
B) White women
C) Asian women
D) U.S.-born Hispanic women

Question 20

What is the most popular reason adults choose to get married?

A) companionship
B) having children
C) love
D) financial stability

Question 21

Among never married adults, what percentage say they do not wish to get married?

A) 10
B) 12
C) 20
D) 22

Question 22

_________________ of United States adults are currently married?

A) About 46%
B) About 51%
C) About 56%
D) About 61%

Question 23

Researchers found that the probability of a first marriage lasting for at least 10 years was ____________ for women.

A) 63%
B) 68%
C) 70%
D) 73%

Question 24

Unintended pregnancies are most common among:

A) Black women
B) Hispanic women
C) poor women
D) all of the above

Question 25

Women in their teens have the highest unintended pregnancy rate of any age group.

Question 26

Among heterosexual couples with a diagnosable cause of infertility, in about ___________ of the cases the infertility is due to an issue with the man, and in about ______________ of the cases the infertility is due to an issue with the woman. The remaining 30% of cases indicate an issue with both partners.

A) 20%; 50%
B) 25%; 45%
C) 30%; 40%
D) 35%; 35%

Question 27

Sally is 29 years old and has been consistently unable to become pregnant after frequently engaging in sex with her husband. After how many months will she be considered infertile?

A) 3
B) 6
C) 9
D) 12

Question 28

In 2014, ___________ of all children in the United States were born to unmarried parents.

A) 20%
B) 30%
C) 40%
D) 50%

Question 29

The concept of ________________ solidarity is used to explain the continued links between parents and adult children.

A) generational
B) multigenerational
C) intergenerational
D) transgenerational

Question 30

The inequitable division of labor for women who work outside the home and have significant household and childcare responsibilities can lead to a _________ strain.

A) role
B) maternal
C) spousal
D) career

Question 31

Violence perpetrated by a romantic relationship partner is referred to as ______________ partner violence.

A) domestic
B) romantic
C) intimate
D) passionate

Question 32

Which is not one of the types of intimate partner violence which display gendered patterns identified by Johnson (2011)?

A) intimate terrorism
B) violent resistance
C) situational couple violence
D) psychological manipulation

Question 33

Marriage and family therapists utilize a ________________________ perspective.

A) behaviorism
B) family systems
C) social learning
D) evolutionary psychology

Question 34

Family _________________ is a new area that is broadly defined as a process-driven relationship between a family system and a family practitioner designed to foster the achievement of family goals.

A) mastery
B) learning
C) coaching
D) building