Exam 12: Young Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Which of the following is the leading cause of death in young adulthood?

According to Warner Schaie, in what period do children and adolescents acquire increasingly complex structures for understanding the world through formal operational thought?

Events that happen at any time without warning and create considerable stress in a person's life are called:

According to the text, all of the following reach their peak during young adulthood EXCEPT:

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?

Jack is 60 years old, has never married, and consequently feels like he "missed out" on the most important thing in life - to fall in love and be in love with another person. According to Erikson's view of adult development, Jack is experiencing a sense of:

A woman may have a harder time becoming pregnant after age 38, since her production of ova becomes less regular and the number of ova she produces declines after this age.

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

Compared to the theories proposed by Levinson and Erikson, the theory advanced by Gould is much more social in focus.

In comparison with the percent of young men who used condoms during sexual intercourse in 1982, the percentage who did so in 2008:

Dialectical thought occurs when people who have mastered formal operational thought regress back to using thought more characteristic of the period of concrete operations.

Beginning at about age 38, most women find that:

Lindsay spends a good share of time daydreaming about her ideal mate and how she plans to become a wonderful spouse to that person. According to Erikson's view of development, her thoughts best reflect the developmental task of:

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

According to data reported in the text, over the past several years in the United States the death rate associated with AIDS has:

According to the text, decline in which of the following systems is greatest between the ages of 20 and 80?

According to a recent survey (2010) reported in the text, which of the following statements is incorrect?

Research suggests that there may be a genetic link on the X chromosome for women who have a lesbian orientation, but no such genetic factor has been identified for men.

The periods of early childhood are defined for the most part by _____________, whereas the period of early adulthood is defined for the most part by ___________.

If you were on a quiz show and were asked to estimate the percentage of U. S. adults who have had sexual intercourse before marriage, the most accurate response you could give would be: