Exam 14: Families

List the Big Five personality traits identified by Costa and McCrae.

Ron and his sister,Sarah,are both in their mid-50s and have a close personal relationship.Most research on sibling relationships suggests that:

For women and men,the role of grandparent is seen differently.For women,grandparenting is ________,whereas for men,it is ________.

The ________ life-events approach emphasizes that the manner in which life events influence an individual's development depends not only on these events but also upon mediating factors.

Daniel Levinson's theory of adult development can be criticized because it:

In the Berkeley longitudinal studies,which of the following characteristics was generally STABLE across time for the adult?

The timetable according to which individuals are expected to accomplish life's tasks,such as getting married,having children,or establishing oneself in a career.

Middle adulthood for women is:

An assumption that underlies the contemporary life-events approach to adult development is that adult development is:

In general,the argument that middle adulthood has advantages for women in nonindustrialized cultures is based on the idea that women in these cultures typically:

Intergenerational value transmission is an important part of parent-child relationships.List two values that are most similar between parents and children and at least two values that are least similar between parents and children.

Peter,a 20-year-old,is in the ________ phase,according to Levinson.

List at least two of the most important characteristics of interpersonal relationships in early adulthood and at least two of the most important characteristics of relationships in middle adulthood.

An important concern about the adult-stage theories of Erikson,Levinson,and Vaillant is that they:

In a survey conducted by AARP (2004),divorced adults reported that they had generally stayed in their marriages and postponed their divorces because of:

List and define at least three ways adults can develop generativity.

At age 47,Renaldo is divorced and is moving to another state to find a new job.According to the ________ approach to understanding adult development,we can say that Renaldo is entering a new stage in life.

The main reason that some children delay leaving home until early adulthood is that:

Describe the empty nest syndrome.

) According to Erik Erikson,a person who develops a sense of stagnation in middle adulthood is at risk for ________ later in life.