Exam 13: Adulthood: Psychosocial Development

A person who has many of the personality traits associated with extroversion would be described as:

Which is NOT one of the Big Five personality traits?

The radical reexamination and sudden transformation that is widely believed to occur around age 40 is termed the _____.

When is it better to be unemployed than to have a job?

Committed partners who maintain separate homes but function as a committed couple are said to be:

Research has shown that the _____ -- a period of unusual anxiety, reexamination, and transformation during middle adulthood proposed by Levinson -- has more to do with historical circumstances than actual age.

Why do people have fictive kin?

An acquaintance who is not a friend but still has an impact on an adult's life is called a(n):

Your friend Sheila, who has two children, is going through a divorce. Discuss your understanding of what she might be experiencing now and what she might expect in the years that follow.

Statistically, who is likely to have the MOST stable personality?

For each of the Big Five personality traits, describe a person you know who has a high level of the trait. Describe specific behaviors the person exhibits that lead you to the belief that he or she has a high degree of the trait.

What is one of Erikson's stages of adulthood?

Whether an individual ranks high or low in each of the Big Five personality traits depends solely on heredity.

Of adults born before 1940, what percentage got married?

When a U.S. couple has an empty nest, typical partners will feel:

Remarriages are less likely to end in divorce than are first marriages.

Over the past 50 years in the United States, the average income has:

All cultures find the personality trait of openness to be highly desirable.

In which country did an international study find the highest rates of conflict between adults and their aging parents?

According to Erikson, when individuals are productive in an unselfish and caring way, they are demonstrating ______.