Deck 17: Seciton 4: Emerging Adulthood: Biosocial Development

Question 1

Health habits in emerging adulthood do not affect vitality in old age.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Maximum muscle strength potential typically begins to decline by age 20.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Homeostasis requires a response from the body systems whereas allostasis refers to longer-term adjustment.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

For female emerging adults who engage in unprotected intercourse, pregnancy occurs within three months, on average.

Question 5

An individual is likely to continue to be physically active if the individual has friends who are physically active.

Question 6

A program in Guatemala that provided adequate nutrition to pregnant women and children under age 3 revealed benefits for emerging adults 20 years later.

Question 7

If it gets chilly, homeostasis causes pores to constrict and bodies to shiver.

Question 8

New students in college usually do not care a great deal about looking good.

Question 9

The years between 18 and 25 are optimal for safe reproduction and hard physical work.

Question 10

Emerging adults rarely experience serious illness.

Question 11

Recent statistics show that emerging adults are following the traditional sequence of marriage prior to parenthood.

Question 12

Historically, most children were born before their mothers reached 18 years of age.

Question 13

In the United States, older adults walk more and drive less than emerging adults.

Question 14

Across adulthood, back and leg muscles shrink faster than the arm muscles.

Question 15

The process of aging begins in late adolescence, but few emerging adults are aware that their cells are aging.

Question 16

College students may avoid getting a flu shot because it does not guarantee that they won't get the flu.

Question 17

The period of development characterized by the postponement of marriage, parenthood, and work is now referred to as late adolescence.

Question 18

In one study, most college students said they practice proper hand hygiene (as a way to prevent illness) and observers discovered that this is actually true.

Question 19

For adults, including emerging adults, chronological age is an imperfect guide for physical, social, and cognitive transitions.

Question 20

Males gain more body fat than females during emerging adulthood.

Question 21

The most common mood disorder is major depression.

Question 22

Emerging adult men are less likely to suffer from schizophrenia than emerging adult women.

Question 23

Around the world, emerging adults are the prime vectors of STIs.

Question 24

Taking risks can benefit an individual's development.

Question 25

The rate of psychopathology increases in emerging adulthood.

Question 26

All research finds that many emerging adults are anxious about themselves, their relationships, and their future.

Question 27

A possible problem caused by the sexual patterns among emerging adults is increased anxiety and depression.

Question 28

College students tend to underestimate how much the average student drinks, and overestimate how their peers feel about the loud, late talking and other behaviors of students who are drunk.

Question 29

Social norms exert a particularly strong influence on college students.

Question 30

Drug abuse does not lead to drug addiction.

Question 31

Many adults fondly remember past risks, including those during emerging adulthood.

Question 32

Emerging adults who are not in college are more likely to use drugs than their college counterparts.

Question 33

Those who begin heavy drug use in college are less likely to sustain a romance.

Question 34

The incidence of psychological disorders rises during the emerging adulthood years.

Question 35

The rate of serious mental illness among emerging adults is almost triple that of adults over age 25.

Question 36

The rate of risk-taking is much higher in males than females.