Exam 12: Young Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

In comparison to people with heterosexual orientations, those with same-sex orientations are more likely to:

According to the text, a person's age as measured by the additional number of years she is expected to live is called her:

Which of the following explanations about the development of same-sex orientation is LEAST likely to be supported with research?

If a person has developed postformal thought, this would imply that she:

Researchers use which of the following terms to express how we know when certain events in our life "should" occur?

How well a person adapts to environmental demands is most important to the concept captured by which of the following terms?

David has been a defense lawyer for 15 years. Now in his early 40s, he has volunteered his services to battered women in the community. According to Schaie, David's application of his cognitive skills reflects what stage of adult thinking?

The prejudice, fear, and aversion held by individuals and directed against lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals is called what?

Jacob explains a difficult situation by bringing together ideas that reflect the logical aspects of the problem, the emotional aspects of the problems, and his own past experiences in solving problems of this type. The term that best describes Jacob's approach to explaining this problem is:

Contextual paradigms generally are most important to consider when investigating developmental changes during which of the following periods of the lifespan?

Homophobia is not a true phobia.

Which of the following theories is the best example of a context model?

According to the work of Dinesh Sharma, the most important social change in contemporary world society is:

Sally is 60 years old. Looking back at her life, she feels that she has accomplished the things that were important to her and she sees her life as being unified and whole. Using Levinson's term, you would conclude that she has successfully developed:

According to Levinson's original research, women were less likely to have mentors for their career because:

Although Jennifer has become a well-respected partner in her public relations firm, recently she has been having doubts that she will not be successful enough, and not accomplish enough in her career to satisfy her need to be successful. According to Gould's view of adult development, your best guess would be that Jennifer is about how old?

In Schaie's view, childhood and adolescence is to acquisitive as young adulthood is to:

According to Havighurst, selecting a mate and rearing children are tasks of:

Schaie suggests that adult intelligence is characterized by:

Difficulty with conception as the result of having a sexually transmitted disease is a significant risk for all of the following EXCEPT: