Deck 7: Young Adulthood

Question 1

Jeffery Jensen Arnett's stage of early young adulthood is called ______.

A)youngest of the young adults
B)emerging adulthood
C)embryonic adulthood
D)middle adulthood

Answer 1

emerging adulthood

Question 2

According to the text,spirituality develops in which three dimensions?

A)service,attachment,and ethics
B)prayer,connection,and values
C)cognition,affect,and behavior
D)behavior,effect,and love

Answer 2

cognition,affect,and behavior

Question 3

Research shows that youth aging out of foster care are particularly at risk for ______.

A)delinquency,HIV,and Hepatitis C
B)HIV,substance abuse,and homelessness
C)homelessness,substance abuse,and involvement with the criminal justice system
D)homelessness,academic low achievement,and contracting a sexually transmitted disease

Answer 3

homelessness,substance abuse,and involvement with the criminal justice system

Question 4

Arnett proposed five features that make emerging adulthood distinct from adolescence and young adulthood,including self-focus,identity exploration,and ______.

A)stability
B)feeling in-between
C)cynicism
D)life structure

Question 5

Kohlberg's postconventional stage of moral development emphasizes greater contemplation of ethical principles and development of a ______.

A)mindful awareness
B)spiritual base
C)moral conscience
D)global conscience

Question 6

Low family income during infancy and poor reading achievement by age 10 are examples of ______.

A)community-based issues
B)protective factors
C)barriers to career success
D)risk factors associated with the transition to adulthood

Question 7

According to the text,the major challenges facing young adults are taking responsibility for themselves,becoming financially independent,and ______.

A)making independent decisions
B)engaging with the community
C)leaving the family home
D)forming belief and value systems

Question 8

Young adulthoods who do not overcome Erikson's psychosocial challenge for young adulthood often feel ______.

A)unsuccessful
B)dissatisfied
C)alienated
D)stagnant

Question 9

Making compromises,demonstrating support,and ______ are all ways to foster intimacy with a partner as listed in the text.

A)sharing one's relationship history
B)creating shared partner values
C)providing constructive feedback
D)renegotiating one's identity

Question 10

According to Levinson's theory,the transition to adulthood primarily takes hold in which two domains?

A)work and relationships
B)finances and family
C)career and education
D)home life and identity development

Question 11

Which of the following describes a romance script in lesbian relationship development?

A)emotional commitment where sexual behavior may or may not be part of the relationship
B)emotional and sexual attraction and quick commitment
C)friendship expectations and no commitment
D)sexual attraction is the focal point and emotional intimacy is secondary

Question 12

Which of the following "sign posts" demonstrates young adults becoming functioning members of society as defined by the text?

A)forming a family
B)completing a postsecondary education
C)voting
D)developing a social network

Question 13

What is the role of fictive kin in parenting?

A)Fictive kin can confuse children about who their actual relatives are.
B)Fictive kin are often more influential than biological family.
C)Fictive kin provide financial contributions to the family.
D)Fictive kin can play an important role in a child's development.

Question 14

The three components of intimacy are self-disclosure,affection,and ______.

A)interdependence with another person
B)self-esteem
C)dependence on another person
D)separate but equal identities

Question 15

In ______,adulthood transitions are defined by circumstance and situation.

A)life structure
B)developmental individualization
C)emerging adulthood
D)default individualization

Question 16

A significant social role transition in young adulthood is ______.

A)prioritizing global health
B)generativity
C)becoming spiritually enlightened
D)becoming a parent

Question 17

According to the text,what is the biggest threat to young adults' lives?

A)automobile accidents
B)lack of health insurance
C)poor diet
D)lack of exercise

Question 18

In the textbook,the range of young adulthood is considered ______.

A)18-40 years
B)18-25 years
C)22-34 years
D)25-40 years

Question 19

Former foster youth who were successful in finding employment and housing were likely to have ______.

A)strong social support system and problem-solving skills
B)strong social support system and good health-care insurance
C)good health-care insurance and strong religious beliefs
D)problem-solving skills and Medicaid assistance

Question 20

Which stage of Marcia's identity formation involves commitment and no exploration?

A)diffused
B)foreclosed
C)moratorium
D)achievement

Question 21

When working with young adults who have health challenges,one should assess how their treatment affects their physical and psychosocial development.

Question 22

Emerging adulthood is a universal stage of the life course.

Question 23

Young adulthood can be defined as the point of becoming a functioning member of the community as demonstrated by obtaining gainful employment,developing one's own social networks,and establishing independent housing.

Question 24

Poor social functioning in young adulthood can be linked to problems in school and family during adolescence.

Question 25

Talents,skills,intellectual capacity,social development,and emotional regulatory capacity can all be described as ______.

A)human capital
B)social capital
C)vocational capital
D)socioeconomic capital

Question 26

Family contributions that aid in deferring the immediate economic costs of long-term investments are called ______.

A)intermediary assets
B)community assets
C)transient assets
D)transformative assets

Question 27

Traditional transitional markets that have defined adulthood are no longer salient markers for characterizing young adults in today's society.

Question 28

One's successful adulthood transitioning into the labor market relies primarily on human capital.

Question 29

According to Piaget,enhanced problem-solving and reasoning capabilities comes in the ______.

A)moral-realism stage
B)postconventional stage
C)preoperational stage
D)formal operations stage

Question 30

The quality of relationships between young adult partners and among the partners and their respective families will influence the couple's adjustment to ______.

A)financial independence
B)parenthood
C)career trajectory
D)spiritual and moral enlightenment

Question 31

Parenthood is an interactive process with reciprocal parent-child and child-parent influences.

Question 32

Erikson's theory of psychosocial development describes the major task of young adulthood as the crisis of ______.

A)generativity versus stagnation
B)intimacy versus isolation
C)identity versus role confusion
D)stability versus stress

Question 33

Young adults are typically in a stage of spiritual development called synthetic-conventional faith,a stage when the person begins to look for authority within the self.

Question 34

Intimate violence and intimate terrorism are different terms that describe the same situation.

Question 35

The development of spirituality for young adulthood is a time of exploration and refining belief systems.