Exam 15: Middle Adulthood: Personality and Sociocultural Development

According to research cited in the text, as people move through the lifespan from age 16 to age 70-and-over, which of the following personality traits increases to the greatest degree:

According to research discussed in the text, in comparison to White Americans, African Americans were more likely to emphasize the role of ________ in their lives.

Which of the following statements about marriage and divorce is TRUE?

Hugh and Lois are grandparents who are available to help with grandchildren in times of crisis. During these times, they actually get involved in the active management of their grandchildren's lives. According to research conducted by Bengtson, which of the following roles do these grandparents serve?

About what percent of children in the United States today will spend some time in a stepparent family before they reach adulthood?

Tommy depends on his parents to pay his college tuition and in return he helps out on weekends at the family business. The word the text uses to capture the sense of give-and-take between Tommy and his parents is:

In comparison to the typical blended family of two centuries ago, blended families today are usually more complex because they:

Julie has worked in the laundry of a large hospital for 34 years. One Friday afternoon she and her co-workers are brought in and told that the hospital is firing them because it has decided that the laundry will close and this function will be performed by a company that does laundry for large institutions. Julie's situation is best considered to be an example of:

According to the view proposed by Robert Peck, which of the following periods is most often the critical time for making adjustments that will determine the way people live out the rest of their years?

In the United States today, about 1 in ___ grandparents are raising their grandchildren.

If you were to ask a large group of adults to tell you whether they thought their personalities had "stayed the same" or "changed a good deal," you should expect that:

During which of the following periods in the lifespan do most divorces occur?

According to research cited in the text, which of the following is the primary reason that middle-aged men and women give for staying married to each other?

Which of the following best reflects the text's conclusion about how personality traits change across the adult portion of the lifespan?

When a family consists of a father who works and a mother who stays at home to care for children, the word used to describe this situation is:

Which of the following statements about marriage and divorce is TRUE?

According to the text

Max, who is middle-aged, has assumed the task of maintaining his family's rituals by keeping his family history alive and reaching out to family members who live far away. Max has now taken on the role of family:

In the U.S., the average age at which divorce occurs is about age 39 for women and age 42 for men.

In a study that asked adults how their personalities had changed in the previous 6 years, the results shows that _____ reported that their personalities had "stayed the same" and _____ reported that their personalities had "changed a good deal."