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

Exploring possibilities and opportunities in emerging adulthood accelerates cognitive maturation toward thinking that heavily relies on:

During emerging adulthood, individuals become less likely to engage in health-promoting behaviors.

Emerging adults who manage their sleep patterns, monitor their food intake, and maintain a health weight are using ____________________ skills to promote their own health.

In emerging adulthood, two "modifiable health risk behaviors"' in emerging adulthood that need to be increased to promote health involve:

Evidence of pruning in the prefrontal cortex through the 20s may be observed watching emerging adults:

If a young person has graduated and is steadily employed, we can assume that he is:

Comparing emerging and young adults who are in committed partnerships to those who are single, sexual activity is ______________ among those who are in committed partnerships.

Emerging adults high in creativity demonstrate an ability to ____________ new ideas or things.

An emerging adult who makes significant gains in postformal thinking is more likely to operate from the core belief that her beliefs are:

By age 30, approximately what percentage of young adults has married?

Loss of gray matter in the brain through the 20s indicates:

If we graphed "potential years of life lost" at all ages after age 18, the line would be:

Reproductive health is determined by:the:

_______________ of the epiphyseal plates explains why height is determined in emerging adulthood.

Emerging adults demonstrating evidence of cognitive development in the direction of postformal thinking will be able to express a growing awareness for and appreciation of:

Trajectories describing the ages at which young people achieve markers of increasing responsibility for self (e.g., graduating, getting a job, partnering, having a baby) indicate that young people take ___________ pathways to young adulthood.

By the beginning of emerging adulthood, approximately _________ are sexually active.

According to Perry's theory, when a college professor encourages a student to use less either/or thinking, the professor is challenging the limitations of:

The following question summarizes a point of debate concerning the influence of emerging adulthood on lifespan human development: Does the increase in the number of years spent in emerging adulthood represent a normal stage of development or: