Exam 10: Becoming an Adult: Physical, Cognitive, and Personality Development

If you want to have the best cholesterol levels, you should have a higher level of LDLs and a lower level of HDLs.

The ________ campaign was launched in 2001 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help people make better, healthier selections when it came to their meals.

The idea that a person's identity can only be understood by considering where they've been, where they are, and where they are going was proposed by ________.

During adolescence, Erikson suggested that we formulate our identity. As adults, we have a formulated view of ourselves. Which of the following links these two phenomena?

Which statement by 30-year-old Flossie, who is typical for a person of her age, is most likely false?

Reading comprehension, number fluency, inductive reasoning, and spatial orientation are all examples of secondary mental abilities.

Hillary's confidence that she is capable of shaping her own career reflects a sense of strong ________ beliefs.

Raymond is about to graduate from high school. He is one of 100 seniors in his class who will be receiving their diploma this weekend. If Raymond's high school is typical of most in the United States, about ________ of these soon-to-be graduates will go right on to college.

Before a person can successfully create an intimate relationship with another person, Erikson felt that they had to first

Gabby is getting ready to compete in an Olympic gymnastics event. She is asked by a reporter if she is very nervous, and she says, "How I do is completely up to me right now, so if I did enough work and prepared properly I will be just fine." Gabby's statement reflects a high sense of ________.

Some developmentalists have categorized the __________ as a period called emerging adulthood.

When he was little, Jaden's father used to play "What do you want to be when you grow up" with him. Jaden loved considering the various options, and his father was always amused by the way his son's choices would change from day to day. Jaden's father was using _______ to help Jaden consider his future.

For a person who has smoked for some time and has given up cigarettes, the risks of stroke and coronary heart disease return to normal after a period of ____ year(s).

Gerard is told by his physician that he has a high amount of "bad" cholesterol in his blood. The technical name for this type of cholesterol is ________ lipoproteins.

Primary control is aimed at affecting an individual's external world, while secondary control is aimed at affecting an individual's internal world.

The American Cancer Society estimates that between 66% and 75% of those cigarette smokers who try to quit smoking end up starting up again within ____ month(s).

The two most important social influences on health are

Once we reach our late twenties, our hearing typically begins to decline, particularly for ________ tones.

Tony enjoys intense skateboarding. He often rides his board down steep roads, sometimes without a helmet, and sometimes tells people that he gets an incredible thrill from the risk and danger associated with these activities. Tony's desire to engage in threatening situations is called ________.

Tagging a future event to a specific age by which it will be completed creates a social _____.