Exam 11: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood

Obesity is linked to increased risk of all of the following EXCEPT:

According to a 15-year longitudinal study of more than 24,000 adults, during unemployment their _____ dropped.

When engaging a problem, those who are beyond Piaget's formal operational stage realize that the search for truth is a never-ending process. This is displaying:

Arissa is preparing for her rite of passage into full adulthood. In her county, Malaysia, women move into adulthood when they:

According to the 2016-2017 Occupational Outlook Handbook, all of the following are projected to be the fastest growing job categories EXCEPT:

Several studies, including a longitudinal study and data from a University of Michigan study, indicate that binge drinking peaks at:

Emerging adults fail to develop health-promoting habits because they:

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi discovered that creative people regularly experience a state he called _____, which represented a heightened state of pleasure experienced when people engage in mental and physical challenges that absorb them.

The National Center for Health Statistics reported in 2016 that STIs affect about 1 in every _____ U.S. adults.

A recent national survey done by the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, published in 2015, found that approximately _____ of U.S. 20- to 39-year-olds were obese.

A recent study of more than 3,900 participants, ranging from 18 to 25 years old, indicated that casual sex was related to:

Which of the following statements accurately reflects a key finding from the 1994 "Sex in America" survey?

The critical-period hypothesis, involving a very early prenatal critical period, could explain:

Piaget stressed that young adults are more quantitatively advanced in their thinking than adolescents because:

In a recent study of Danish emerging adults, all of the following were widely accepted markers of emerging adulthood EXCEPT:

A recent national survey of U.S. adults identified the leading source of stress at the workplace as:

According to a recent international comparison of 33 developed countries, which of the following represents, in order, the top three countries found to have the highest percentage of obese adults?

Oliver's job at a regional medical center is to resolve patient complaints regarding their bills. He knows that there are rules, standards, and laws that cannot be broken. Once at home, as a parent he knows that there are occasions when he allows his children to break rules. Oliver is displaying:

_____, recently described by Phyllis Moen, reflects ingrained cultural beliefs that engaging in hard work for long hours through adulthood will produce a path to status, security, and happiness.

Describe the findings of a national survey of U.S. adults focused on work and stress.