Exam 13: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood

Piaget stressed that young adults are more quantitatively advanced in their thinking than adolescents because:

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

All of the following are key features identified by Jeffrey Arnett to characterize emerging adulthood,EXCEPT:

Regular binge drinking can change blood flow,and it can be a precursor for developing _____,which refers to hardening of the arteries.

According to Piaget,the _____ stage of cognitive development characterizes adults as well as adolescents.

List the five key features identified by Jeffrey Arnett as characterizing emerging adulthood.

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

Identify the college programs that offer paid apprenticeships in the area of the student's academic field.

A study conducted by Grant,Wardle,& Steptoe explored links between health behavior and life satisfaction in more than 17,000 individuals between 17 to 30 years of age in 21 countries.The young adults' life satisfaction was NOT found to be positively related to _____.

"Many emerging adults are optimistic about their future; and for emerging adults who have experienced difficult times while growing up,emerging adulthood presents an opportunity to direct their lives in a more positive direction".These are the two ways described by Jeffrey Arnett in which emerging adulthood can be viewed as:

Which of the following changes is seen in the division of responsibility for work and family when more U.S.women took jobs outside home?

Which of the following statements is true about the impact of unemployment on an individual?

Which of the following is a trend in the U.S.workforce?

Kendra has a few shots of vodka before going out to attend her annual college party.Kendra has engaged in _____.

List two reasons that deaths due to HIV/AIDS have begun to decline in the United States.

The critical-period hypothesis could explain:

Identify the form of sustained exercise (e.g.,jogging,swimming)that stimulates heart and lung activity.

The invisible barrier to career advancement that prevents women and ethnic minorities from holding managerial or executive jobs,regardless of their accomplishments and merits is known as the:

Today's college students are _____ than students in previous generations,according to a national study of more than 165,000 freshmen at more than 230 colleges and universities.

In a survey conducted by Watts & Zimmerman in 2002,_____ of female college freshman women report having been date raped or having experienced an attempted date rape at least once.