Exam 13: Adulthood: Psychosocial Development

Since Donato and Gemma's children have moved away and started their own families, their home is now an "empty nest."

As adults age, their friendships tend to stagnate.

Most employers consider the psychosocial needs of their workers.

Flextime allows workers to schedule their work so that they can balance personal and job responsibilities.

In what ways does parenthood satisfy an adult's need to be generative?

Since Dorothea is caring for her teenage children and her elderly parents, she is a member of the sandwich generation.

The youngest of Zach and Tuila's three children has just started kindergarten. They have had to change their morning and bedtime routines, child care arrangements, discipline practices, and the family's income has suffered as a result of this shift. These changes reflect the fact that:

Employment is _____ adult psychosocial health.

How do consequential strangers differ from friends?

Why, overall, might men and women be happier with current employment patterns than earlier ones?

Familism is the belief that:

Which factor has the GREATEST long-term effect on a marriage's quality?

The belief that family members should be supportive of one another even if it means sacrificing individual freedom and success is referred to as:

As adults age, their friendships tend to ______.

The Big Five personality traits were identified more than 30 years ago; now a proposed sixth trait, called _____, has been observed.

_____ are accepted as part of a family to which they have no biological or marital relationship.

When young people are first entering the workforce and establishing themselves in their career, what do they tend to consider as the most important?

Divorce is MOST likely to occur within the first ______ years of a wedding.

Describe the members of your social convoy and how they have supported you in your life so far.

The first _____ of a marriage tend to be the happiest of all.