Exam 18: Seciton 3: Emerging Adulthood: Cognitive Development

Grant is a fun-loving, intelligent, responsible teenager who likes to dye his hair different colors. However, he is concerned that other people might construe his hair color as a reflection of poor academic achievement. His concern is an example of _____.

If Dean is like about half of his peers attending four-year-colleges, he will pay more than _____ per year in tuition at his four-year college.

Geraldine is a medical intern who believes that all people deserve access to medical care, but she also knows that throughout her career she will have to make decisions about which patients will receive a scarce, life-saving medication. Reconciling these two thoughts requires _____.

Some research finds that thinking becomes more reflective and expansive _____.

The stage in which faith becomes an active commitment, detached from the expectations of culture and others, is referred to as the stage of _____ faith.

Sara is a successful, conscientious college student with good time management skills. According to the text, Sara is likely to be attending college _____.

A research study of people aged 13 to 45 found that logical skills improved from _____ to _____, then stayed steady, but social understanding continued to advance.

Who is most likely to experience the strongest benefits from college?

Kim is going to buy her friend a birthday present. She remembers that her friend wanted to go to a concert; tickets for the concert are $150 each. Kim has only $300 in the bank and was going to use $250 of it to pay for car insurance next month, but she wants to make her friend happy so she buys the two concert tickets. Kim's thinking is most likely influenced by _____.

Marge's marriage is troubled. She and her husband find very little joy in being with each other, in part because they have both changed as individuals. If Marge and her husband are capable of dialectical thinking, they will _____.

In the stereotype-threat study in which college students were taught about intelligence research, which group showed the most improvement in attitudes about academic achievement and grades?

When compared with earlier thinking, thinking in adulthood is all of the following EXCEPT _____.

All of the following beliefs reflect cognitive flexibility EXCEPT _____.

Kimberly broke up with Houng after dating him for two years. Heartbroken, Houng asked why. Kimberly replied, "It's me, not you. I'm to blame." Kimberly's response is an example of what kind of thinking?

Kevin is a high school junior who has wanted to attend college since he was in elementary school. According to recent research, what will most significantly influence whether Kevin will attend college, and if he does, whether he graduates?

Jack was raised in a home where men did not help with housework or cooking because those chores were deemed "women's work." At age 20, he does not agree with that view, but hides his negative reaction to it when visiting his parents' home. Jack is demonstrating _____.

In a class, the teacher asked students to figure out how to get from a particular city on the western edge of a map to another particular city further to the east. Each student came up with many possible routes. The students were likely in _____.

After Brenda finished college, began working in her chosen field, and started a family, her thinking became _____.

During emerging adulthood, people are able to use both emotion (subjective) and logic (objective) when grappling with personal and social problems; such thinking demonstrates _____ thought.

The recent effort by countries around the world to increase the number of young people attending college is prompted by national governments' belief in _____.