Exam 4

A  there is virtually no evidence to support its existence.

B  it has been greatly exaggerated.

C  it actually occurs much later than first thought.

D  more men than first thought have a midlife crisis

A  suggests too many different levels of events in explaining adult development.

B  focuses too much on the concept of midlife crisis to explain development.

C  claims that most life events do not significantly alter one’s development.

D  focuses on major life events but not on daily experiences as stressors.

A  her paternal grandmother (dad’s mom)

B  her maternal grandfather (mom’s dad)

C  her paternal grandfather (dad’s dad)

D  her maternal grandmother (mom’s mom)

A  they probably had a good childhood relationship that turned neutral in early adulthood then recently returned to closeness.

B  you cannot predict later relationships by looking at relationships earlier in life.

C  they had a close relationship throughout childhood and early adulthood, too.

D  they probably had a tumultuous relationship in childhood that turned close as both matured.

A  a daily hassle.

B  psychological generativity.

C  a major life event.

D  a middle-age development crisis.

A  Sunny will feel depressed, but Bryan will not.

B  they will spend less time together as they both pursue outside interests.

C  they will have increased martial satisfaction.

D  Bryan and Sunny will grow more emotionally distant.

A  middle-aged adults

B  adolescents

C  older adults

D  young adults

A  Marital satisfaction is a strong predictor of psychological well-being

B  Affectionate love increases in middle adulthood

C  Middle-aged adults have a more difficult time adjusting to divorce than young adults

D  Even difficult marriages become better adjusted

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  are in different developmental stages.

B  have different social clocks.

C  have different burnout levels.

D  have different coping styles.

A  stagnation.

B  shame.

C  despair.

D  doubt.

A  She may have a problem with her bone marrow.

B  Her thyroid is malfunctioning.

C  She needs to control her diet and blood sugar levels.

D  She is going through menopause.

A  they have better insight

B  they have more experience

C  they are more patient

D  they have better methods to improve their memory

A  caused more by a loss of androgen than by a loss of testosterone.

B  beginning to appear at an earlier age than before.

C  not really a thing, as there is no male equivalent to menopause

D  psychological rather than physical.

A  sensitivity to high-pitched sounds.

B  hearing attention span.

C  sensitivity to low-pitched sounds.

D  sensitivity to middle-pitched sounds.

A  complete loss of sexual drive

B  a midlife crisis

C  marriage for the 1st time

D  loss in vision and hearing

A  hitting the brakes when the light turns red

B  adding columns of numbers

C  lifting a box that weighs 20 pounds

D  completing a crossword puzzle

A  teenagers

B  accidents

C  pulmonary disease

D  stroke

E  heart disease

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  leisure has a major impact on career advancement.

B  adults in midlife enjoy diversion more than people do at other life stages.

C  other experiences have become relatively less meaningful and important to most people.

D  it can reduce stress and increase the health of an individual

A  gains; gains

B  gains; loses

C  loses; gains

D  loses; loses

A  increases, but only in those who have chronic health concerns.

B  increases.

C  remains the same.

D  decreases.

A  fluid

B  semantic

C  multiple

D  cystallized

A  People today engage in less risky behavior than people in the early 1900s.

B  People today have better health care and nutrition than people in the early 1900s.

C  People today have less anxiety in their lives than people in the early 1900s.

D  People today have fewer children than people in the early 1900s.

A  intimacy

B  dependency

C  altruism

D  friendship

A  giving Kelly good advice about how to deal with marital dissatisfaction.

B  perpetuating one of the common myths about parenting.

C  helping Kelly identify the reason for her marital dissatisfaction.

D  correctly summarizing the research on the influence of children on marital satisfaction.

A  wives tend to be happier.

B  both husbands and wives are equally happy.

C  husbands tend to be happier.

D  neither husbands nor wives are happy.

A  intimacy versus isolation

B  identity versus identity confusion

C  generativity versus stagnation

D  integrity versus despair

A  resentful that most of her friends are married.

B  desperate to find an available partner.

C  content with her independence and freedom.

D  increasing pressure from society to get married.

A  cohabiting before marriage increases marital satisfaction.

B  relationships in cohabitation are not as equal as in marriage.

C  cohabiting couples have less stress and pressure than married couples.

D  cohabiting before marriage increases the likelihood of divorce.

A  more satisfaction with adult relationships.

B  higher academic achievement in college.

C  being less supportive in distress as adults.

D  less satisfaction with adult relationships.

A  men tend to remarry sooner than women do.

B  women tend to remarry sooner than men do.

C  people getting married for the first time get married sooner than remarriages

D  high-SES women remarry sooner than low-SES women

A  having a baby before marriage

B  low education levels

C  marrying late in life

D  low income

A  passion

B  romantic love

C  affectionate love

D  infatuation

A  degree of sexuality.

B  degree of intimacy.

C  degree of commitment.

D  degree of respect for the partner.

A  report; information

B  rapport; interaction

C  rapport; information

D  report; interaction

A  erectile dysfunction

B  marriage

C  infertility

D  sexually transmitted infections

A  establishing poor health habits

B  high levels of cholesterol

C  drug and alcohol addiction

D  chronic disorders

A  intellectual assets.

B  social assets.

C  psychological assets.

D  sexual assets.

A  fewer people smoke today than did in the past.

B  overall rates of smoking have risen in the last decade.

C  there are currently more smokers than ever before.

D  the prevalence of smoking in men has risen in the last decade.

A  take an antidepressant medication.

B  engage in regular exercise.

C  get at least 8 hours of sleep per night.

D  reduce her intake of sugar.

A  holding a full time, permanent job

B  having a child

C  getting married

D  graduating high school

A  flow

B  bliss

C  nirvana

D  euphoria

A  abstract

B  concrete

C  relativistic

D  quantitative

A  lack of knowledge that habits developed in young adulthood impact later health.

B  failure to apply to themselves the knowledge they have about promoting health.

C  lack of knowledge about which behaviors are more healthy or less healthy.

D  belief that inheriting good genes will override any of their unhealthy behaviors.

A  sexual assault associated with burglaries

B  sexual assaults by strangers

C  date or acquaintance rape

D  homicide

A  that men are working more second shifts.

B  that men are working two or more jobs.

C  that men are staying home more to raise the children.

D  that men are doing more of the household chores.

A  She is normal as almost all students today report often feeling depressed.

B  She is unusual in that her stress level is much lower than that of most students.

C  She is unusual in that her stress level is much higher than that of most students.

D  She represents a growing percentage of students today in the level of her stress.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE