Exam 13: Adulthood: Psychosocial Development

Unmarried same-sex couples head an estimated 7 percent of U.S. households.

What roles do friends play in a person's life?

Introversion is a proposed sixth personality dimension that may be added to the Big Five.

A man who changes jobs frequently, moves often, and always seems happier because of such changes is likely to be high in:

Most kinkeepers are middle-aged women.

Compare and contrast Erikson's stages of identity versus role confusion with generativity versus stagnation.

According to Erikson, the developmental crisis that occurs after intimacy versus isolation is:

With regard to paid work, older employees tend to have _____ compared to younger employees.

Individuals who are accepted into a family that is not their legal or biological family are called:

Half of cohabitation relationships end:

A middle-aged woman who has her mother, her adult children, and their young children come to her home for monthly family dinners is serving as a(n) _____.

Small things that go unnoticed by the majority group but that seem aggressive to the minority group are called:

Couples who cohabit due to convenience are:

According to the text, middle age, if it exists:

What are the advantages and disadvantages of familism? Of individualism?

The more times an individual has been married, the ______ likely it is that the current marriage will end in divorce.

The intrinsic rewards of work often result in less absenteeism and job change.

People who are not in a person's closest convoy but who still have an effect on the person's life by providing information, support, or new ideas are known as:

Sam and Claire are in their 80s. They consistently vote against any member of Congress who may cut their Medicare benefits. At the same time, they do not want Medicare benefits extended to members of younger generations because they fear that doing so will bankrupt the nation. The reason they think this way is MOST likely due to their:

More than 10 percent of contemporary U.S. adults will never make a marriage-like commitment.