Exam 16: Social and Personality Development in Middle Adulthood

According to the classification system of voluntary and involuntary career changers, an involuntary career changer is in transition for ________ reasons.

Which of the following is an accurate statement regarding the retirement of the Canadian Baby Boomer cohort?

Which of the following is NOT an accurate statement about grandparenthood?

Adults who provide a high level of assistance to the daily needs of a parent who is disabled, frail, or demented tend to have lower marital satisfaction.

An unusual phenomenon associated with middle age and working is

Research shows that the Big Five personality traits remain relatively stable in individuals from childhood through to middle age but change significantly in older adulthood.

Voluntary career changers tend to experience increasing levels of mental health disorders, such as anxiety, depression, and substance abuse, more so than involuntary career changers.

The Baby Boomers are projected to be the healthiest, best educated, and longest living retirees in history.

The Green family household consists of Mr. and Mrs. Green, three daughters who are widowed or divorced, and five grandchildren ranging in age from 5 to 15 years. While the daughters work and go to college, Mr. and Mrs. Green have full responsibility for rearing their grandchildren. According to the categories developed by behavioural scientists, this situation most closely resembles the ________ type of grandparent.

Middle-aged adults are in the seventh stage of Erikson's theory, the generativity versus stagnation stage.

Which of the following is NOT a typical way in which job loss affects marital relationships?

Psychiatrist George Vaillant proposed several amendments to Erikson's life stage theory. Vaillant suggested the inclusion of a new stage called "career consolidation." In this new stage, what does the term "career" mean?

According to the categories developed by behavioural scientists, grandparents in the ________ category see their grandchildren infrequently and have little direct influence over their lives.

When an individual's skills have become obsolete, her job has been eliminated, or she has been laid off, this is referred to as

The Baby Boomers' expected retirement period of 20 years or more is far longer than the retirement periods of earlier generations.

Voluntary career changers tend to change careers because their present job is not satisfying the needs or certain aspects of their personality.

Marital stability and satisfaction typically fall in mid-life as a result of rising tensions over retirement and children leaving home.

According to research on grandparent-grandchild relationships, what is the most common explanation for a remote relationship between grandparents and their grandchildren?

Middle-aged adults are less likely to divorce than those who are younger.

When all of the children leave the home and just the parent(s) remain, it is called