Exam 11: Physical and Cognitive Development in Emerging and Young Adulthood

Emerging adulthood is a stage of the lifespan associated with creative potential.

Emerging adulthood is also an "in-between" stage with respect to physical activity because physical activity:

Rates of substance use in emerging adulthood have __________________ over the past decade.

One health risk associated with low physical activity in emerging adulthood is obesity, the rate of which has _________ since the early 1970s.

The fact that the brain is not fully mature until emerging adulthood has implications for laws that dictate minimum age requirements for:

Broadly speaking, cultures vary in the extent to which becoming adult is a shared social event or is determined by:

The benefits of physical activity in emerging adulthood include:

Poor health habits in emerging adulthood have the potential to undermine health in later adulthood as well.

High-risk behaviors are the most common cause of death in emerging adulthood.

Spending longer periods of time in the transition to adulthood before getting married and living with a spouse has led to a significant increase in new living arrangements such as:

In emerging adulthood, the rate at which we gain bone tissue is _____________ the rate at which we lose bone tissue.

Unintentional injury in emerging adulthood may be associated with an executive function deficit in action, manifesting as heightened:

______________________ is the name of the new, twenty-first century stage of lifespan human development proposed to fall in between adolescence and young adulthood.

With respect to the age at which young adults make commitments to adult roles, family socioeconomic status, gender, and race ________________ the age at which transitions occur.

In emerging adulthood, reducing the death rate would involve reducing rates of:

The majority of emerging adults meet the minimum requirements for healthy levels of physical activity per day.

Based on what you know about global employment trends, in response to a news article that reads "Emerging adults refuse to work," an informed response to the article might be that unemployment in emerging adulthood is not an active choice; rather, the trend is influenced by:

College and work training are ________________________ processes culturally designed to prepare young people for the transition to adulthood.

One indicator of cognitive regression during emerging adulthood is:

Young adulthood is defined by commitments to adult roles and responsibilities.