Exam 3: Adulthood and Autonomy

Angela is a middle-aged woman who is a devoted parent. She is also able to balance her life with a creative career, leisure-time activities, and meaningful volunteer work. According to Erikson, Angela has successfully resolved the following psychosocial struggle:

______________________-thinking of the worst case scenario and the most horrendous outcome that could happen-is a common arbitrary inference.

____________ is grounded on the assumption that we make current decisions based on past premises that were appropriate at one time but may no longer be valid.

When children hear and accept the parental injunction "Don't make mistakes," they may

On Ray's 63 ^rd birthday, he mentioned to his wife that since he was approaching retirement from the company he had worked for over 30 years, he had come to terms with the fact that he was not going to reach his lifelong goal of being Vice President of the company. Ray's attitude suggests

The term "inner parent" refers to the

Transactional analysis is a theory of personality and a method of counseling that was originally developed by

People moving in the direction of autonomy

The life script, or plan for one's life, is an important contribution of transactional analysis and is made up of

Practitioners of transactional analysis would say that your life scripts were largely formed by your _______________ experiences.

The period in life when we reach the top of the mountain and become aware that we must begin the downhill journey is

The parental message that suggests to the child that he or she is the wrong sex, shape, size, or color, or has ideas or feelings that are unacceptable to parental figures, is

When adults focus on taking care of others at the expense of their own needs and have trouble having fun, they may have received the following parental message:

According to Jung, a condition of integration of the unconscious with conscious and psychological balance is

________ predisposes us to discriminate against the elderly by avoiding them or in some way victimizing them because of their age alone.

What is the process called that involves becoming increasingly observant and aware of external and internal stimuli in the present moment and adopting an open attitude of accepting what is rather than judging the present situation?

People who have a sense of generativity

When Andre did not receive the highest grade in the class (he actually earned a B+), he immediately thought of himself as a failure and as the worst student. Andre was committing which of the following cognitive errors?

Nancy's coworker earned a promotion and is transferring to the company's headquarters in a different city. Nancy is convinced that her coworker's real reason for leaving is to get away from her. She is committing which of the following cognitive errors?

A new international group of independent global leaders working together for peace and humanity, known as ________________, were brought together by Nelson Mandela to bring about social change.