Exam 13: Middle Adulthood: Cognitive, personality, and Social Development

Chen and Anne come to counseling because they are on the brink of a divorce.After five years of marriage,Anne sees Chen as a highly controlling individual who micromanages their bank account and continues to escalate their conflict.Chen considers Anne's spending extravagant and blames her family background for creating her lack of responsibility.From Chen's perspective,what theory about marriage would explain the relationship failure?

Which of the following physical changes is most likely to be experienced by adults in their 40s?

Based on research about the narratives adults produce when they're asked to tell about their life stories,which of the following descriptions applies to adults who are low in generativity?

Mark,a 47-year-old man,is very shy.He has difficulty interacting with others because he feels awkward and does not easily express his thoughts and feelings.He is a relatively successful artist who lives alone in a rural Southern state.Mark also remembers being very shy as a child.Which of the following is NOT a likely explanation for the continuity of Mark's personality over his life span?

Genaro is a 55-year-old truck driver who developed anxiety attacks after a recent accident that left him with a serious back injury.Because of his anxiety,he has stopped going to physical therapy.He is considering whether he can return to truck driving,whether he can afford to retire,or if he will need to explore options for a new career.Which of the following would be an example of maintenance in adapting to his circumstances?

Based on research,which adolescent and early adult personality characteristics foreshadow high levels of generativity in middle adulthood?

During what phases of children's development is family life typically the calmest?

In comparing leadership styles of men and women in leadership roles,what difference do researchers find?

Peggy,a 62-year-old woman,has been unable to work for the past year because of a back injury that she sustained at her job as a cafeteria worker.Her adult son,Brian,lives close enough for her to babysit his two young children on a regular basis.Peggy's 35-year-old daughter,Linda,lives in another part of the state and recently had a new baby boy named Luke.Linda has asked her mother to move in with her to help care for her newborn.Based upon the life span development model,for which of the following individuals is growth the most characteristic mode of adaptation?

In Gottman's (1999)research,which of the following "four horsemen of the apocalypse" behaviors is particularly destructive and perhaps most predictive of relationship failure?

In theorizing about changes in adulthood,Schaie emphasizes the shift in family roles and the intellectual skills allocated for these various roles.What do most other theorists emphasize in their examination of life-course changes?

Sonya is a successful therapist with three adult children.She is 50 years old and in relatively good health.Sonya has some minor aches and stiff joints,mostly stemming from an old knee injury she suffered while playing sports in college.She and her husband reside on the West coast near Sonya's elderly father.Her younger daughter is still in middle school.Her two older children live in different states,and her oldest son has been diagnosed with HIV.Sonya tries to bring the family together as often as she can,but it is usually only once or twice a year.She is involved in her community and is a generous donor to programs that support research on AIDS.Which of the following could be considered a nonnormative event in Sonya's life?

Research that takes a life-course perspective involves examination of developmental influences related to historical events.What are these history-graded events called?

Joe,a 52-year-old,lost his job when the plant he managed was closed,and his overall life satisfaction plummeted.After 9 months out of work,Joe was fortunate to find another,similar position.What can we expect for Joe now?

Cross-cultural research findings indicate that

Peggy,a 62-year-old woman,has been unable to work for the past year because of a back injury that she sustained at her job as a cafeteria worker.Her adult son,Brian,lives close enough for her to babysit his two young children on a regular basis.Peggy's 35-year-old daughter,Linda,lives in another part of the state and recently had a new baby boy named Luke.Linda has asked her mother to move in with her to help care for her newborn.Based upon the life span development model,for which of the following individuals is maintenance the most characteristic mode of adaptation?

Though personality traits are largely stable after age 30,what basic dimensions of personality tend to increase during middle adulthood?

According to Erikson and Vaillant,which of the following statements best captures the psychological state that is typical of midlife?

Chen and Anne come to counseling because they are on the brink of a divorce.After five years of marriage,Anne sees Chen as a highly controlling individual who micromanages their bank account and continues to escalate their conflict.Chen considers Anne's spending extravagant and blames her family background for creating her lack of responsibility.From Anne's perspective,what theory about marriage would explain the relationship failure?

For helping professionals,which of the following provides the best overarching framework for understanding how development in middle adulthood connects to childhood as well as old age?