Question 1

Corporate downsizing causes midlife crises for those in middle adulthood who are laid off.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

In a study of lesbian and bisexual grandmothers, they believed that they were important sources of emotional support and help for their children and important sources of emotional support for their grandchildren.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Research suggests that among siblings in middle adulthood, sisters tend to establish more intimate relationships than brothers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Karen has many life stressors: her job loss, her mother's illness, and her daughter's difficulties in school. Which of the following will determine how Karen will be affected by these stressors?

Accepted Answer

A)  whether or not she takes yearly vacations 
B)  the number of children she has 
C)  whether she feels she has control over her life 
D)  her marital status 
A)  whether or not she takes yearly vacations 
B)  the number of children she has 
C)  whether she feels she has control over her life 
D)  her marital status

Question 5

Which statement best characterizes grandparenting?

Accepted Answer

A)  It produces anxiety for older adults. 
B)  It involves a careful balance between being helpful and interfering. 
C)  It requires more child-care responsibilities than for parents. 
D)  It is more meaningful than parenting. 
A)  It produces anxiety for older adults. 
B)  It involves a careful balance between being helpful and interfering. 
C)  It requires more child-care responsibilities than for parents. 
D)  It is more meaningful than parenting.

Question 6

The term grandboomers has been coined to describe grandparenting in the 21st century.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Which of the following is the ideal final stage of a transition cycle that results from a stress event?

Accepted Answer

A)  shock and adjustment 
B)  contradiction and crisis 
C)  quitting and letting go 
D)  reconstruction and recovery 
A)  shock and adjustment 
B)  contradiction and crisis 
C)  quitting and letting go 
D)  reconstruction and recovery

Question 8

Which of the following acts as a moderator of stressful life events?

Accepted Answer

A)  one's perception of the situation 
B)  the number of family members one has 
C)  the number of stressors one experiences 
D)  one's stability in the workforce 
A)  one's perception of the situation 
B)  the number of family members one has 
C)  the number of stressors one experiences 
D)  one's stability in the workforce

Question 9

What factors are associated with job satisfaction?

Accepted Answer

A variety of factors are associated with

Question 10

According to the textbook, which of the following statements best describes changing one's job?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is more likely in middle adulthood than early adulthood. 
B)  In middle adulthood, it typically involves changing into related areas. 
C)  It is rarely voluntary during middle adulthood. 
D)  It is normally done to seek out emotional fulfillment. 
A)  It is more likely in middle adulthood than early adulthood. 
B)  In middle adulthood, it typically involves changing into related areas. 
C)  It is rarely voluntary during middle adulthood. 
D)  It is normally done to seek out emotional fulfillment.

Question 11

During middle adulthood, most men have more friends than women do.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following best characterizes many adults' view of their middle years?

Accepted Answer

A)  painful and depressing 
B)  overwhelmed by the changing world and global problems 
C)  no different from early adulthood 
D)  filled with opportunities for new direction and fulfillment 
A)  painful and depressing 
B)  overwhelmed by the changing world and global problems 
C)  no different from early adulthood 
D)  filled with opportunities for new direction and fulfillment

Question 13

For college- or university-educated women, personal distress decreased with age according a cross-sectional study of women in their 20s, 40s, and 60s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Friendships during middle adulthood tend to be of high quality and are felt more deeply than during early adulthood.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

"Midlife crisis" is the equivalent to the midlife transition, according to Levinson.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

According to Erikson's psychosocial theory of development, what is generativity?

Accepted Answer

A)  the ability to create power 
B)  the ability to produce something 
C)  what is needed during early adulthood 
D)  a negative outcome of middle adulthood 
A)  the ability to create power 
B)  the ability to produce something 
C)  what is needed during early adulthood 
D)  a negative outcome of middle adulthood

Question 17

What is the focus of the life-events approach to middle adulthood?

Accepted Answer

A)  intellectual crises 
B)  stages of development 
C)  physical declines that lead to depression 
D)  challenges and changes that people face during this time 
A)  intellectual crises 
B)  stages of development 
C)  physical declines that lead to depression 
D)  challenges and changes that people face during this time

Question 18

Which statement best characterizes most people's experience of the midlife transition?

Accepted Answer

A)  They will have a midlife crisis. 
B)  They are likely to get divorced or buy a sports car. 
C)  They may experience positive and negative emotions. 
D)  They may experience negative emotions and numerous regrets 
A)  They will have a midlife crisis. 
B)  They are likely to get divorced or buy a sports car. 
C)  They may experience positive and negative emotions. 
D)  They may experience negative emotions and numerous regrets

Question 19

According to Erikson (1980), what is psychosocial generativity based on?

Accepted Answer

A)  the need for appreciation from peers 
B)  an instinctual drive toward procreativity, bearing and rearing children 
C)  a learned behaviour, causing people to behave in socially acceptable ways 
D)  cognitive processes whereby people can think hypothetically about their futures 
A)  the need for appreciation from peers 
B)  an instinctual drive toward procreativity, bearing and rearing children 
C)  a learned behaviour, causing people to behave in socially acceptable ways 
D)  cognitive processes whereby people can think hypothetically about their futures

Question 20

When Elliott Jaques coined the term "midlife crisis" he based this term on which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  His studies of clinical patients who were dealing with depression and angst about getting older. 
B)  His role as an addiction researcher, when supporting his patients through their alcoholism treatment based on their fears of aging and regret. 
C)  His patients in his physiotherapy practice who were seeking out advice on how to increase their physical endurance in order to delay aging. 
D)  His patients in his cosmetic surgery practice who were seeking out treatment to increase their physical beauty to ward off aging. 
A)  His studies of clinical patients who were dealing with depression and angst about getting older. 
B)  His role as an addiction researcher, when supporting his patients through their alcoholism treatment based on their fears of aging and regret. 
C)  His patients in his physiotherapy practice who were seeking out advice on how to increase their physical endurance in order to delay aging. 
D)  His patients in his cosmetic surgery practice who were seeking out treatment to increase their physical beauty to ward off aging.

Corporate downsizing causes midlife crises for those in middle adulthood who are laid off.

In a study of lesbian and bisexual grandmothers, they believed that they were important sources of emotional support and help for their children and important sources of emotional support for their grandchildren.

Research suggests that among siblings in middle adulthood, sisters tend to establish more intimate relationships than brothers.

Karen has many life stressors: her job loss, her mother's illness, and her daughter's difficulties in school. Which of the following will determine how Karen will be affected by these stressors?

Which statement best characterizes grandparenting?

The term grandboomers has been coined to describe grandparenting in the 21st century.

Which of the following is the ideal final stage of a transition cycle that results from a stress event?

Which of the following acts as a moderator of stressful life events?

What factors are associated with job satisfaction?

According to the textbook, which of the following statements best describes changing one's job?

During middle adulthood, most men have more friends than women do.

Which of the following best characterizes many adults' view of their middle years?

For college- or university-educated women, personal distress decreased with age according a cross-sectional study of women in their 20s, 40s, and 60s.

Friendships during middle adulthood tend to be of high quality and are felt more deeply than during early adulthood.

"Midlife crisis" is the equivalent to the midlife transition, according to Levinson.

According to Erikson's psychosocial theory of development, what is generativity?

What is the focus of the life-events approach to middle adulthood?

Which statement best characterizes most people's experience of the midlife transition?

According to Erikson (1980), what is psychosocial generativity based on?

When Elliott Jaques coined the term "midlife crisis" he based this term on which of the following?

History, Theories, and Methods

Heredity Prenatal Development

Birth and the Newborn Baby: in the New World

Infancy: Physical Development

Infancy: Cognitive Development

Infancy: Social and Emotional Development

Early Childhood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Early Childhood: Social and Emotional Development

Middle Childhood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Middle Childhood: Social and Emotional Development

Adolescence: Physical and Cognitive Development

Adolescence: Social and Emotional Development

Early Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Early Adulthood: Social and Emotional Development

Middle Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Late Adulthood: Physical and Emotional Development

Late Adulthood: Social and Emotional Development

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Exam 16: Middle Adulthood: Social and Emotional Development

Corporate downsizing causes midlife crises for those in middle adulthood who are laid off.

In a study of lesbian and bisexual grandmothers, they believed that they were important sources of emotional support and help for their children and important sources of emotional support for their grandchildren.

Research suggests that among siblings in middle adulthood, sisters tend to establish more intimate relationships than brothers.

Karen has many life stressors: her job loss, her mother's illness, and her daughter's difficulties in school. Which of the following will determine how Karen will be affected by these stressors?

Which statement best characterizes grandparenting?

The term grandboomers has been coined to describe grandparenting in the 21st century.

Which of the following is the ideal final stage of a transition cycle that results from a stress event?

Which of the following acts as a moderator of stressful life events?

What factors are associated with job satisfaction?

According to the textbook, which of the following statements best describes changing one's job?

During middle adulthood, most men have more friends than women do.

Which of the following best characterizes many adults' view of their middle years?

For college- or university-educated women, personal distress decreased with age according a cross-sectional study of women in their 20s, 40s, and 60s.

Friendships during middle adulthood tend to be of high quality and are felt more deeply than during early adulthood.

"Midlife crisis" is the equivalent to the midlife transition, according to Levinson.

According to Erikson's psychosocial theory of development, what is generativity?

What is the focus of the life-events approach to middle adulthood?

Which statement best characterizes most people's experience of the midlife transition?

According to Erikson (1980), what is psychosocial generativity based on?

When Elliott Jaques coined the term "midlife crisis" he based this term on which of the following?

History, Theories, and Methods

Heredity Prenatal Development

Birth and the Newborn Baby: in the New World

Infancy: Physical Development

Infancy: Cognitive Development

Infancy: Social and Emotional Development

Early Childhood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Early Childhood: Social and Emotional Development

Middle Childhood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Middle Childhood: Social and Emotional Development

Adolescence: Physical and Cognitive Development

Adolescence: Social and Emotional Development

Early Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Early Adulthood: Social and Emotional Development

Middle Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Late Adulthood: Physical and Emotional Development

Late Adulthood: Social and Emotional Development

Lifes Final Chapter

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