Exam 11: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood

According to the U.S.government's Occupational Outlook Handbook,2012-2013,which of the following areas of work are expected to account for the most new jobs in the next decade?

Rhett is looking for the most effective way to lose his excess weight and to keep it off.You would tell him that the most effective weight-loss programs invariably include:

Which of the following is a positive feature of the transition from high school to college?

What is postformal thought like in practice?

In many dual-earner couples,gender inequalities can be found in all of the following areas EXCEPT:

James,an American,will most likely consider himself an adult when he _____,whereas Nirmal,an Indian,will most likely consider himself an adult when he _____.

Tapei is a young adult who exercises regularly.Tapei can expect to see all of the following EXCEPT:

All of the following are key features identified by Jeffrey Arnett as characterizing emerging adulthood EXCEPT:

According to the 2014-2015 Occupational Outlook Handbook,all of the following are projected to be the fastest growing job categories EXCEPT:

Before Jane has sex with her boyfriend,she asks if he has tested positive for HIV and also requires that he use a condom.Given our knowledge of HIV and the sexual behavior and attitudes of most adults,we can conclude that Jane's practice is:

This theorist recently concluded that five key features characterize emerging adulthood: identity exploration,instability,self-focused,feeling in-between,and the age of possibilities.

Emerging adults have _____ chronic health problems,and they have _____ colds and respiratory problems than when they were children.

Which of the following statements about creativity is TRUE?

This theorist studied creative people and coined the term "flow" to describe a heightened state of pleasure experienced when we are engaged in mental and physical challenges that absorb us.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi discovered that creative people regularly experience a state he called _____,which represented a heightened state of pleasure experienced when people engage in mental and physical challenges that absorb them.

In 1994,Robert Michael and his colleagues conducted a comprehensive survey of American sexual patterns.Results from this "Sex in America" survey suggested that Americans' sexual lives are _____ than previously believed.

What are the factors that lead to work-related stress?

One study explored links between health behavior and life satisfaction in more than 17,000 individuals 17 to 30 years of age in 21 countries.Which of the following has NOT been found to be positively related to young adults' life satisfaction?

A recent national survey of U.S.adults identified the leading source of stress at the workplace as:

Cal and Lacy are friends; they have occasional sex,but are not in a committed relationship.This style of relationship is called: