Deck 9: Early Adulthood

Question 1

What happens to our organ reserves as we age?

A)They hold steady until around the age of 40,then drop rapidly.
B)They reach peak potential in our twenties,and remain steady until we die.
C)They increase until around the age of 35,and then begin a gradual decline.
D)They peak in our twenties,then begin to decline.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Chad's physician tells him that he has a substance in his blood that leaves deposits along his blood vessel walls and blocks blood flow to his heart.This substance is:

A)high-density lipoproteins.
B)cholesterol.
C)amino acids.
D)fibrillary tangles.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following is an example of an educational initiation activity?

A)joining a sorority
B)going away to college
C)choosing your own major
D)voting for the first time

Answer 3

B

Question 4

__________ is the time when the efficiency of most bodily functions peaks.

A)Adolescence
B)Early adulthood
C)Middle adulthood
D)Later adulthood

Question 5

Angela is twenty years old and is in college.She has yet to move from her parents' home because it is more economical.Angela would be considered a(n):

A)ascribed adult.
B)fail-to-leave adult.
C)uninitiated adult.
D)emerging adult.

Question 6

When Kayla graduated from law school,she got her first job in a prestigious law firm.Her job is an example of:

A)an educational rite of passage.
B)an economic rite of passage.
C)a social rite of passage.
D)an enhanced rite of passage.

Question 7

Rachael,who runs for fitness,notices that she is starting to lose the endurance she once had,and is beginning to lose a step or two from her top speed.About how old is she?

A)16
B)20
C)28
D)35

Question 8

In females,maximum height is typically reached at approximately age:

A)15.
B)16.
C)17.
D)18.

Question 9

Paolo has adjusted his diet but is considering taking an additional step towards good health.What advice would be optimal for Paolo's health?

A)No pain,no gain.
B)Even moderate exercise will reduce the risk of diabetes,stroke,and osteoporosis.
C)The older you get,the more strenuous the exercise needs to be in order to be effective.
D)Mild exercise,like strolling,is as effective as brisk walking for those aged 30 and over.

Question 10

Data from the 2011 Census shows that ___% of young Canadian adults between the ages of 20-29 still live with their parents.

A)10
B)28
C)33
D)42

Question 11

David's interest in news reporting during high school led to a position on the school newspaper,freelance writing,and an internship during the summer for a local newspaper.His early commitment to reporting paid off,as he got a job right out of college.David has:

A)an achieved identity.
B)an ascribed identity.
C)a foreclosed identity.
D)an identity moratorium.

Question 12

Cancer and heart disease have been linked to:

A)diet.
B)alcohol consumption.
C)a sedentary lifestyle.
D)failure of the organ reserve.

Question 13

Of the following individuals,who is most likely to be a heavy drinker?

A)Gary,a 30 year old accountant
B)Macario,a 17 year old high school student who plays rugby
C)Catherine,a 22 year old college student
D)Rose,a 19 year old art major at a community college

Question 14

An __________ identity is a sense of one's self based on determination of others,not the individual.

A)achieved
B)accredited
C)attributed
D)ascribed

Question 15

Martha heads the human resources department of a large corporation.She decides that the company will build an exercise gym for employees.Her reasoning most likely is that:

A)if people stay fit and attractive,the employees will stay with the company longer just so they can increase their opportunities for socialization.
B)an attractive workforce increases Martha's chances for her own promotion.
C)the work time lost to exercising is more than made up for by healthy employees.
D)the employees will have less time available for gossip and wasted time.

Question 16

__________ is the part of the total capacity of our body's organs that we do not normally need to use.

A)Organ potential
B)Organ capacity
C)Organ gain
D)Organ reserve

Question 17

Young adults in Canada are either taking a long time to leave their parents' home or they are returning after being away for a while.Because of this tendency,young adults today have been labelled:

A)The Boomerang Generation.
B)The Generation of Prolonged Youth
C)Generation Y as in "why do I have to leave home?"
D)The Moratorium Generation.

Question 18

Statistics Canada has suggested that the reason young women are less likely to live at home with their parents compared to young men is because young women:

A)graduate from college earlier.
B)achieve financial independence earlier.
C)enter into romantic unions earlier,so they move out sooner start their own households.
D)have a high rate of teen pregnancy which forces many young women to leave home soon than they are ready.

Question 19

__________ is the transition from adolescence to adulthood that includes exploration and experimentation.

A)Early adulthood
B)Late adolescence
C)Emerging adulthood
D)Preadulthood

Question 20

Which of the following is considered an absolute indication of adulthood?

A)Completion of the Bar or Bat Mitzvah
B)Becoming of age to vote
C)Having a child
D)There is no single indication of adulthood in Canada

Question 21

Canadians between the ages of 18 to 34 form:

A)the highest proportion of smokers.
B)the highest proportion of alcohol abstainers
C)the lowest proportion of binge drinkers
D)the lowest proportion of substance users.

Question 22

Veyda is a 28 year old doctoral student.She has concluded that she may never know the answers to most of life's great mysteries.Veyda is demonstrating:

A)conventional wisdom
B)formal operational thought
C)postformal thought
D)Gnosticism

Question 23

According to Piaget:

A)some young adults may never demonstrate the level of thinking and action expected
B)adolescents enter into adulthood when they develop successful strategies for testing ideas
C)the most advanced stage of cognitive development is postformal thought
D)young adults develop the ability to multitask during the postformal stage.

Question 24

__________ refers to the expected behavioural traits associated with men and women in a given society.

A)Gender role
B)Gender identity
C)Sexual identity
D)Sexual role

Question 25

Which of the following is defined as a calm awareness of one's feelings,one's body,and one's consciousness?

A)postformal thought
B)mindfulness
C)Gnosticism
D)Zen

Question 26

Piaget argued that,in comparison with adolescents,young adults:

A)possess more knowledge
B)strain to retrieve information
C)have double the attention span
D)are more egocentric and impulsive

Question 27

Young adults are able to identify an area of interest and then:

A)quickly lose interest again due to low attention span
B)ask their parents to tell them about it
C)pursue their interest with formal and informal research
D)pursue their interest without having to do a lot of research

Question 28

__________ is a proposed cognitive stage after Piaget's last stage of development in which people acknowledge the relativistic nature of problems and answers.

A)Formal operations
B)Postformal thought
C)Generativity
D)Emerging cognition

Question 29

Hamiya has been diagnosed with heart disease.What is the best thing that Hamiya can do to improve his heart's functioning?

A)quit drinking
B)start eating a high fiber diet
C)start walking
D)quit smoking

Question 30

Young adults are better able to confront challenges because:

A)they can capitalize on the life experiences they have gained
B)their brains have grown by 25% in the late teens
C)their corpus callosum is thicker than any other age
D)they have reached peak organ reserve

Question 31

The leading preventable cause of death in the United States is:

A)smoking.
B)alcoholism.
C)drug abuse.
D)car accidents.

Question 32

Which of the following has the greatest impact on an individual's health?

A)lifestyle choices
B)the area they live in
C)medical advances
D)marital status

Question 33

By smoking,Rhonda increases her risk for

A)esophageal cancer.
B)diabetes.
C)cervical cancer.
D)auto immune disease.

Question 34

Cadmus is in his early twenties.When he was younger,he followed his parents' politics and ideals.Now,he is able to make his own conclusions after researching the issues.Cadmus is exhibiting the __________ stage of cognitive development.

A)postformal
B)formal operational
C)anteformal operational
D)emergent

Question 35

Compared with formal operational thought,postformal thought is:

A)more flexible
B)more abstract
C)more absolute
D)more moralistic

Question 36

For Piaget,cognitive development:

A)peaked at adolescence and remained stable throughout adulthood.
B)peaked at pre-adolescence and then remained stable from adolescence through adulthood.
C)was based on genetic changes in a prescribed fashion,independent of individual ability.
D)continued into early adulthood,as young adults have accumulated more knowledge than adolescents.

Question 37

_________ refers to how one thinks of oneself in terms of sexual and romantic attraction linked to genetic traits as well as male and female physical characteristics.

A)Feminism
B)Sexual identity
C)Sexual role
D)Gender role

Question 38

A teenage girl is submissive and introverted because she doubts her femininity has poor:

A)sexual identity.
B)gender-role preference.
C)gender-role adaptation.
D)gender-role orientation.

Question 39

__________ is credited with beginning a world-wide reexamination of women's roles and identity,with the publication of The Feminine Mystique.

A)Betty Friedan
B)Sandra Bem
C)Daryl Bem
D)Gloria Steinam

Question 40

Nicole was born a female,and she feels as if she is a female who prefers males.These are all characteristic of Nicole's:

A)sexual identity.
B)gender identity.
C)gender role.
D)gender stereotype.

Question 41

__________ is forced sexual intercourse when a person does not consent.

A)Sexual violation
B)Depredation
C)Statutory rape
D)Rape

Question 42

The practice known as "pack dating" involves:

A)a couple going out together.
B)two or three individuals going out together.
C)a group of individuals going out together.
D)individuals going out with different people on different nights.

Question 43

According to gender-role researcher Sandra Bem,stereotypical masculine and feminine behaviour:

A)are adaptive so that there are fewer gender-role confusions.
B)serve individuals well if they are in traditional occupations.
C)function in adolescence but are maladaptive in adulthood.
D)are never adaptive.

Question 44

Because Lee Anne was teased by her classmates for being a "tomboy," she now wears only dresses and applies plenty of makeup in hopes of being more "feminine." Lee Anne is adapting her behaviour to:

A)sexual identity.
B)gender-role preference.
C)gender-role expectations.
D)gender-role orientation.

Question 45

__________ is a gender-role identification that allows expression of both male and female gender-roles.

A)Homosexual
B)Bisexuality
C)Androgyny
D)Gender-role confusion

Question 46

According to the evolutionary perspective,males are more aggressive than females because males:

A)have testosterone.
B)have been selected throughout history for competitive behaviour.
C)have the physical stature necessary to back up aggressive behaviour.
D)learn from their fathers to be more aggressive.

Question 47

Levinson's term for developing a separate and special personality that is unique from parents,teachers and friends is:

A)fidelity.
B)solidarity.
C)individuation.
D)characterization.

Question 48

College-age women are ____ times more likely than women of other ages to be sexually assaulted.

A)2
B)3
C)4
D)5

Question 49

Which of the following is suggested as an explanation for pack dating?

A)A desire for multiple partners
B)A means to avoid jealousy
C)A desire to avoid intimacy
D)A means of gaining experience

Question 50

Aimee dreads going to work.Duey is a coworker who makes her life miserable.He hoots when she walks by his desk,tries to peek down her shirt,and makes loud remarks about how hot she is and what he could do for her.Aimee is the victim of:

A)sexual harassment.
B)an overzealous but harmless admirer.
C)statutory sexual assault.
D)her own sensitivity.

Question 51

The feminist movement has had a major impact on:

A)gender-role orientations.
B)gender-role expectations.
C)sexual identity.
D)sexual orientations.

Question 52

__________ refers to unwelcome sexual advances,such as repeated requests for sexual favors,or other comments or physical contact,that lead to a very difficult work or other environment for the victim.

A)Sexual intimidation
B)Sexual aggravation
C)Sexual harassment
D)Statutory rape

Question 53

Laurie is about as tomboy as a girl can be: never wears a dress,never defers to the boys,is intentionally brusque,makes sure she is never seen being nice,punches friends in the arm when greeting them,and shows deliberately poor manners.Gender researcher Bem would say:

A)Laurie is androgynous.
B)Laurie is overly masculine.
C)Laurie is overly feminine and trying to hide it.
D)Laurie is a feminist.

Question 54

Of the following,which has the highest rates of occurrence on college campuses?

A)HIV.
B)gonorrhea and chlamydia.
C)gonorrhea and syphilis
D)PID and HIV.

Question 55

The __________ theory of gender development argues that men and women are predisposed differently from each other because this separation of roles has been historically adaptive.

A)evolutionary
B)natural
C)social
D)learning

Question 56

__________ is coercive sexual activity between a victim and an offender who is known or an acquaintance.

A)Rape
B)Statutory rape
C)Depredation
D)Date rape

Question 57

In terms of sexual activity,trends among young adults today show:

A)an increase in sexual activity.
B)rates of sexual activity that have remained stable over the last several years.
C)a decrease in sexual activity.
D)a decrease in sexual activity but an increase in the number of partners.

Question 58

The __________ approach to understanding gender roles reflects a biological perspective.

A)evolutionary
B)natural
C)social
D)psychobiological

Question 59

The most frequent victims of sexual assault and harassment are:

A)LGBTQ men and women.
B)Heterosexual men and women
C)Heterosexual women.
D)Bisexual men.

Question 60

Sexual assault is common:

A)in the victim's residence.
B)in parks or other isolated areas.
C)in cars
D)in areas where alcohol is consumed.

Question 61

During which of Levinson's developmental phases should a man ideally form a dream and find a mentor,an occupation,and a marriage partner?

A)Novice phase
B)Settling-down phase
C)Entering the adult world phase
D)Age 30 transition phase

Question 62

Although Jay is excited about his new relationship with Erin,he realizes that relationships require a lot of work and attention.His is a __________ story.

A)work
B)business
C)nurturing
D)gardening

Question 63

According to __________,most men experience a period of serious self-doubt at age 30 that generally results in some major life changes.

A)Erikson
B)Gould
C)Bly
D)Levinson

Question 64

According to Erikson,young adults who cannot commit to intimacy have problems with:

A)identity.
B)individuation.
C)novice phase.
D)secure attachment.

Question 65

Joy is annoyed with her husband,Leo.She thinks a relationship should be balanced and would be happy if they could define their love with a spreadsheet.On the other hand,Leo thinks they should spend their time nurturing and comforting each other,even if that means someone gives more than the other on occasion.Sternberg would predict trouble in this marriage because:

A)Joy and Leo clearly have opposite value systems.
B)Joy and Leo are too self-centered to give the other what they need.
C)they have grown apart with different interests.
D)Joy and Leo have approached the relationship with different love stories.

Question 66

__________ is Fromm's term for the reciprocal sharing of deep secrets and feelings that allows people to feel loved and accepted.

A)Validation
B)Intimacy
C)Companionship
D)Support

Question 67

After a period of serious self-doubt,Ammon has decided to stay with his wife and work out their difficulties as well as continue to pour his energy into their family business.Levinson would say that Ammon has entered the:

A)Settling Down phase.
B)novice phase.
C)midlife transition.
D)BOOM phase.

Question 68

__________ is Sternberg's term for the willingness to endure challenges and tensions in a relationship because it is worth it.

A)Passion
B)Intimacy
C)Commitment
D)Attachment

Question 69

In contrast to Levinson's emphasis on individuation,Gilligan's research proposes that feminine identity doesn't depend on ____________.

A)self-doubt
B)separation
C)maturation
D)self-sufficiency

Question 70

According to Levinson,the purpose of developmental periods in our lives is to cause greater __________ which refers to our developing separate and special personalities.

A)individuation
B)identification
C)emergence
D)subjectivity

Question 71

Richard,age 27,is in what Levinson calls the novice phase.This is the time in his life when he should form all of the following EXCEPT:

A)a dream.
B)a new identity.
C)a career.
D)a mentor relationship.

Question 72

Lou and Rachael have a relationship full of commitment and intimacy but lacking in passion.Sternberg calls this form of love:

A)infatuation.
B)fatuous love.
C)romantic love.
D)companionate love.

Question 73

In the __________ story described by Sternberg,"I believe that beginning a relationship is like starting a journey that promises to be both exciting and challenging."

A)travel
B)adventure
C)expedition
D)voyage

Question 74

According to Fromm,"reality checks" on our innermost state come from the honest reactions of someone we can trust.This is called:

A)validation.
B)confirmation.
C)acceptance.
D)commitment.

Question 75

What does current research reveal about gender differences in young adult friendships?

A)Male friendships tend to be superficial focusing on sports and external interests.
B)Male-female friendships tend to be more intimate than same sex friendships.
C)Female friendships are often based on intimacy and deep emotional sharing.
D)While stereotypes exist,there is a great deal of variability in friendships whether same sex or opposite sex.

Question 76

The period of young adulthood is when:

A)people tend to isolate themselves due to commitments to family and work.
B)individuals tend to focus on work rather than on relationships.
C)same-sex friendships become predominant.
D)more friendships are formed than at any other period in life.

Question 77

Janet and Kent have gotten into an escalating argument about their eldest child,and Janet feels frightened.She also has her familiar desire to grab her car keys and head to a park.She is experiencing:

A)antisociality.
B)deindividuation.
C)isolation.
D)distancing.

Question 78

According to Sternberg,which form of love is described as the "fullest" form of love?

A)Romantic
B)Companionate
C)Consummate
D)Fatuous

Question 79

Which of Sternberg's forms of love involves intimacy,commitment,and passion?

A)Consummate love
B)Companionate love
C)Fatuous love
D)Romantic love

Question 80

__________ is Erikson's stage that represents the ability to relate one's deepest hopes and fears to another person and to accept another's need for intimacy in turn.

A)Individuation
B)Intimacy
C)Familiarity
D)Attachment