Deck 18: Seciton 2: Emerging Adulthood: Psychosocial Development

Question 1

In a classic analysis, Robert Sternberg (1988) described three distinct aspects of love: _____, intimacy, and commitment.

Answer 1

passion

Question 2

Sophia is a 60-year-old retired woman whose daughter recently had her first child. Sophia will be taking care of her grandchild so that her daughter can return to work. The intertwining of the needs and experiences of these family members, all at a different stage of life, is referred to as _____.

Answer 2

linked lives

Question 3

A major reason for gradually increasing self-esteem is that emerging adults are able to set their own _____, make their own friends, and work toward whatever it is they want.

Answer 3

goals

Question 4

The fifth stage of Erikson's stages of development is identity versus _____.

Question 5

Longitudinal research found that shy 4-year-old children grew up to be _____ adults who were not more anxious or depressed than their peers.

Question 6

Past research has found that people who cohabit before marrying have higher rates of _____.

Question 7

People who are _____ are more likely to hook up, which may be more common for students new to a college.

Question 8

Between the ages of 18 and 25, the average worker in the United States holds _____ jobs.

Question 9

In Erikson's theory of development, after achieving identity, the sixth developmental crisis a person must face is intimacy versus _____.

Question 10

Having too many options for potential romantic partners as result of social networking can produce a phenomenon called _____.

Question 11

When an unmarried couple lives together in a combined household, they are _____.

Question 12

A relatively new understanding is that a person's personality is _____ rather than fixed (as it was once thought to be) and can change in reaction to life events.

Question 13

The four components of identity development are religious, ethnic/political, sex/gender, and _____.

Question 14

In general, in romantic relationships, the more _____ the partners, the more likely they are to fight and separate.

Question 15

There is a noticeable trend among emerging adults to postpone, but not totally reject, the commitment of _____.

Question 16

During late adolescence and early adulthood, people are _____ of their ethnic background, more so than younger adolescents.

Question 17

Western emerging adults rated _____ the most important factor for a successful marriage.

Question 18

Compared to adolescence, self-esteem tends to _____ through the emerging adulthood years.

Question 19

_____, a form of intimate partner violence, is violent, demeaning, and likely to lead to serious harm.

Question 20

In a demand/withdraw interaction during a conflict, _____ are more likely to do the demanding.

Question 21

Emerging adulthood is a time when individuals are supposed to establish their independence and learn from their mistakes. Thus, _____ parents, who hover too close to their children's lives and interfere repeatedly, can hinder more than they help.

Question 22

A study of enmeshment found that British emerging adults were _____ happy and successful if their parents were too intrusive.

Question 23

In families with more than one child, _____ is often perceived when parents help one child during emerging adulthood but not the other children.