Question 1

Karen is 28 and concerned about losing muscle strength. She speaks to a sports medicine physician to find out what she should do. The doctor recommend will most likely recommend that Karen ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  realize lack of fitness is normal as a person gets older 
B)  start a training program and exercise the way an athlete does 
C)  find protein building supplements to take 
D)  drink more milk and eat healthier

Question 2

The most common fatal injuries among young adults over age 25 involve ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  drug overdoses 
B)  motor vehicle accidents 
C)  sports trauma 
D)  firearms

Question 3

Young adults often find they must tailor and adapt their expectations and goals in light of their career setting.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

What is the focus of the consolidation stage of occupational development?

Accepted Answer

A)  accumulating experience, advancing up the career ladder, and becoming supervisors 
B)  seeking information about careers by talking with family, friends, and teachers, and online searches 
C)  completing training, entering the job market, and making the transition to employee 
D)  identifying specific occupational goals and pursuing the education needed to achieve them

Question 5

Contextual influence such as family and educational opportunities play little role in determining career choice.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What is epistemic cognition?

Accepted Answer

A)  the ways in which individuals understand the nature of knowledge and how they arrive at ideas, beliefs, and conclusions 
B)  polar reasoning in which knowledge and accounts of phenomena are viewed as either right or wrong with no in-between 
C)  knowledge is viewed as relative, dependent on the situation and thinker 
D)  reasoning that synthesizes contradictions among perspectives

Question 7

Shawnell is African American and lives in a low socioeconomic status community. His mother graduated from a night program in medical records administration at a local two year college. The influence his mother has on Shawnell's occupation is that he will most likely ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  pursue vocational training in high school 
B)  decide to become an artist 
C)  pursue a career that requires attending college 
D)  go to work right out of high school

Question 8

An atypical characteristic of a nontraditional college student is ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  being financially independent 
B)  having children 
C)  working a job 
D)  attending classes full time

Question 9

Substance use tends to decline in young adulthood because young adults ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  are maturing and transitioning into new family roles 
B)  experience more peer pressure to avoid using substances 
C)  have less interest in engaging in it 
D)  have less time to engage in it

Question 10

Perpetrators of sexual assault are most often ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  acquaintances of their victims 
B)  strangers to their victims 
C)  misunderstood by their victims 
D)  lured into their actions by their victims

Question 11

Which factor predicts satisfaction with work-life balance and lower levels of work-life conflict?

Accepted Answer

A)  choosing to avoid having a family 
B)  shifting parental responsibilities to one parent 
C)  being constantly available to work 
D)  having control over work time

Question 12

If Rafael is consuming five drinks in one sitting, he is engaging in what type of drinking?

Accepted Answer

A)  social 
B)  solitary 
C)  binge 
D)  alcoholic

Question 13

Postformal reasoning is universal across cultures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Jeannie only smokes cigarettes when she goes out to a bar with friends. According to the data on smokers, when asked if she is a smoker, what would be her most likely response?

Accepted Answer

A)  Yes, because a smoker smokes cigarettes at any time 
B)  No, because I only smoke occasionally 
C)  Yes, but only a semi-smoker because it isn't every day 
D)  No, because I could quit anytime I want

Question 15

Which statement describes post-formal thought?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is universal across cultures. 
B)  Ultimately, few adults demonstrate reflective judgment. 
C)  Social interaction is unrelated to it. 
D)  Beginning college students are more likely to use reflective judgment.

Question 16

Which developmental outcome is influenced by college attendance?

Accepted Answer

A)  experimenting with alternative behavior is discouraged 
B)  learning confirms predetermined knowledge 
C)  being held to the values of the majority 
D)  being able to construct arguments

Question 17

What percentage of American adults over the age of 20 are considered obese?

Accepted Answer

A)  10% 
B)  25% 
C)  33% 
D)  45%

Question 18

Senescence is defined as ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  rapid, abnormal age-related declines in physical functioning 
B)  gradual age-related declines in physical functioning 
C)  cognitive deficits resulting from substance use 
D)  physical deficits resulting from substance use

Question 19

Of the roughly 12,000 hookup encounters reported by students, what percentage included sexual intercourse?

Accepted Answer

A)  29% 
B)  40% 
C)  50% 
D)  69%

Question 20

Nontraditional students are better at making meaning of theoretical concepts because they have ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  brains that have developed more fully 
B)  learned the information previously 
C)  life experience and knowledge of multiple roles 
D)  an academic focus in general

Exam 13: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood

Karen is 28 and concerned about losing muscle strength. She speaks to a sports medicine physician to find out what she should do. The doctor recommend will most likely recommend that Karen ______.

The most common fatal injuries among young adults over age 25 involve ______.

Young adults often find they must tailor and adapt their expectations and goals in light of their career setting.

What is the focus of the consolidation stage of occupational development?

Contextual influence such as family and educational opportunities play little role in determining career choice.

What is epistemic cognition?

Shawnell is African American and lives in a low socioeconomic status community. His mother graduated from a night program in medical records administration at a local two year college. The influence his mother has on Shawnell's occupation is that he will most likely ______.

An atypical characteristic of a nontraditional college student is ______.

Substance use tends to decline in young adulthood because young adults ______.

Perpetrators of sexual assault are most often ______.

Which factor predicts satisfaction with work-life balance and lower levels of work-life conflict?

If Rafael is consuming five drinks in one sitting, he is engaging in what type of drinking?

Postformal reasoning is universal across cultures.

Jeannie only smokes cigarettes when she goes out to a bar with friends. According to the data on smokers, when asked if she is a smoker, what would be her most likely response?

Which statement describes post-formal thought?

Which developmental outcome is influenced by college attendance?

What percentage of American adults over the age of 20 are considered obese?

Senescence is defined as ______.

Of the roughly 12,000 hookup encounters reported by students, what percentage included sexual intercourse?

Nontraditional students are better at making meaning of theoretical concepts because they have ______.