Exam 4

A  more men than first thought have a midlife crisis

B  there is virtually no evidence to support its existence.

C  it has been greatly exaggerated.

D  it actually occurs much later than first thought.

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

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

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

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

A  her maternal grandmother (mom’s mom)

B  her paternal grandfather (dad’s dad)

C  her maternal grandfather (mom’s dad)

D  her paternal grandmother (dad’s mom)

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

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

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

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

A  a major life event.

B  psychological generativity.

C  a daily hassle.

D  a middle-age development crisis.

A  Bryan and Sunny will grow more emotionally distant.

B  they will have increased martial satisfaction.

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

D  Sunny will feel depressed, but Bryan will not.

A  adolescents

B  older adults

C  middle-aged adults

D  young adults

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

B  Even difficult marriages become better adjusted

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

D  Affectionate love increases in middle adulthood

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  have different social clocks.

B  have different coping styles.

C  have different burnout levels.

D  are in different developmental stages.

A  doubt.

B  shame.

C  despair.

D  stagnation.

A  She is going through menopause.

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

C  She may have a problem with her bone marrow.

D  Her thyroid is malfunctioning.

A  they have more experience

B  they are more patient

C  they have better methods to improve their memory

D  they have better insight

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

B  psychological rather than physical.

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

D  beginning to appear at an earlier age than before.

A  hearing attention span.

B  sensitivity to low-pitched sounds.

C  sensitivity to high-pitched sounds.

D  sensitivity to middle-pitched sounds.

A  a midlife crisis

B  marriage for the 1st time

C  loss in vision and hearing

D  complete loss of sexual drive

A  lifting a box that weighs 20 pounds

B  hitting the brakes when the light turns red

C  adding columns of numbers

D  completing a crossword puzzle

A  stroke

B  heart disease

C  accidents

D  teenagers

E  pulmonary disease

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

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

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

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

D  leisure has a major impact on career advancement.

A  loses; gains

B  gains; loses

C  loses; loses

D  gains; gains

A  increases.

B  remains the same.

C  decreases.

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

A  multiple

B  semantic

C  cystallized

D  fluid

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

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

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

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

A  dependency

B  intimacy

C  friendship

D  altruism

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

B  helping Kelly identify the reason for her marital dissatisfaction.

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

D  perpetuating one of the common myths about parenting.

A  both husbands and wives are equally happy.

B  wives tend to be happier.

C  neither husbands nor wives are happy.

D  husbands tend to be happier.

A  intimacy versus isolation

B  generativity versus stagnation

C  identity versus identity confusion

D  integrity versus despair

A  resentful that most of her friends are married.

B  increasing pressure from society to get married.

C  content with her independence and freedom.

D  desperate to find an available partner.

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

B  cohabiting before marriage increases marital satisfaction.

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

D  cohabiting before marriage increases the likelihood of divorce.

A  higher academic achievement in college.

B  less satisfaction with adult relationships.

C  more satisfaction with adult relationships.

D  being less supportive in distress as adults.

A  men tend to remarry sooner than women do.

B  women tend to remarry sooner than men do.

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

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

A  having a baby before marriage

B  low income

C  low education levels

D  marrying late in life

A  infatuation

B  romantic love

C  affectionate love

D  passion

A  degree of respect for the partner.

B  degree of intimacy.

C  degree of sexuality.

D  degree of commitment.

A  report; information

B  report; interaction

C  rapport; interaction

D  rapport; information

A  erectile dysfunction

B  infertility

C  sexually transmitted infections

D  marriage

A  chronic disorders

B  high levels of cholesterol

C  drug and alcohol addiction

D  establishing poor health habits

A  social assets.

B  psychological assets.

C  intellectual assets.

D  sexual assets.

A  there are currently more smokers than ever before.

B  fewer people smoke today than did in the past.

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

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

A  take an antidepressant medication.

B  get at least 8 hours of sleep per night.

C  reduce her intake of sugar.

D  engage in regular exercise.

A  graduating high school

B  having a child

C  getting married

D  holding a full time, permanent job

A  flow

B  bliss

C  nirvana

D  euphoria

A  abstract

B  relativistic

C  concrete

D  quantitative

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

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

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

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

A  sexual assaults by strangers

B  sexual assault associated with burglaries

C  homicide

D  date or acquaintance rape

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

B  that men are working more second shifts.

C  that men are doing more of the household chores.

D  that men are working two or more jobs.

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

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

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

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

A  FALSE

B  TRUE