Exam 13: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood

Beverly was diagnosed with ovarian cancer when she was 35. At age 38, Beverly and her partner want to start a family. What should Beverly know about her chances of getting pregnant?

What do nontraditional college students report as their number-one reason to return to college?

Ben's grandfather died at the age of 85. Ben's father died at the age of 84. Based on the programmed genetics theory of aging, what can Ben predict about his aging future?

Which statement regarding occupational expectations and reality is accurate?

What type of thinking does this question illustrate: "When approaching a problem, there are probably several ways to do it. What are they? Which one's most efficient? Which one will give us the most accurate results?"

Cigarette smoking is responsible for about one in every five deaths in the United States each year.

The capacity to be aware of emotions, integrate positive and negative feelings about an issue, and regulate intense emotions to make logical decisions about complicated issues is called:

Andrew is an academically prepared, motivated high school student who has chosen not to attend college. What is the most probable reason that he is making that decision?

Student attrition is higher in colleges with open enrollment and less selective admission requirements.

Advances in reasoning during the adult years entails integrating cognition with emotion.

What does the Harvard Graduate School of Education suggest that the U.S. educational system provide in schools to support non-college-bound students?

What percentage of college students are considered to be nontraditional?

Individuals who enjoy interacting with people and are more likely to go into a human services career have the _____ personality type.

Compared to the type of the institution (2-year, 4-year), what is the most important aspect of attending college for developmental outcomes?

Which of the following changes in early adulthood physical development peaks around age 30?

Why are nontraditional students better at making meaning of theoretical concepts?

Biological aging begins at maturity.

Attending college is not associated with postformal reasoning.

Savannah knows that as a manager in her workplace, she is the person who needs to be able to make decisions and support her staff. At home, she is aware that as a spouse, she needs to discuss decisions with her partner and not make them on her own. Savannah is capable of:

It is better to live on campus as a college student because peer interaction in academic and social contexts benefits students.