Exam 16: Socioemotional Development in Middle Adulthood

To find meaning and happiness in their lives, adults revise their possible selves to be ______.

In what year did President Lyndon B. Johnson sign the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, a formal acknowledgment of the existence of ageism in the workplace?

A sense of mental exhaustion that accompanies job stress, excessive workloads, and reduced feelings of control is called ______.

What percentage of marriages break up after 20 years or longer?

Which statement describes marriage in middle adulthood?

Most friendships in middle adulthood are described as ______.

Monica has always been told how beautiful she is, even as she studied chemistry and became the head of a research department at the local university. As she reaches age 50, she still feels like she did when she was 20, but she is increasingly concerned about her appearance and is experiencing considerable life dissatisfaction. This is most likely because ______.

Who is most likely to experience job satisfaction?

Who is most likely to obtain cosmetic procedures?

An outcome for women who successfully transition through a divorce is ______.

What would influence generativity differently in Robert than Susan?

Focusing attention and becoming aware of ongoing sensory, cognitive, and emotional experience in a non-judgmental stance describes ______.

Ben has created a series of life goals he would like to meet. He sees himself in the future as an independent and successful department manager at the accounting firm he would like to work for. He thinks about and prepares for all the skills needed to be an effective manager. Which of Levinson's phases is Ben demonstrating?

Levinson concluded that adults progress through a set of phases that are unique to each person.

According to one estimate, women who become caregivers to their parents may lose how much in income and benefits over their lifetime?

The grandparent role is especially important for adults in midlife because it ______.

Subjective evaluations of age are nonessential parts of the sense of self.

Fathers are more likely than mothers to show negative emotional responses to their adult children's unmet career and relationship goals.

Why do so few black women get cosmetic procedures?

The aspect of aging that improves the quality of marital interactions and predict satisfaction is advances in ______.