Chapter 11, 12, & 13 Quiz – Flashcards
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Most people over age 65 think that premarital sex is
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wrong
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Someone who becomes accepted as part of a family to which he has no blood relation is known as
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fictive kin
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Which of the following is often used to measure fluid intelligence?
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puzzles
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Morbidity refers to the rates of _______ in a population
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diseases
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The leading cause of death for young men in South Africa is
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AIDS
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What percentage of emerging adults has at least one sexually transmitted infection?
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50
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Social phobia is most likely to be diagnosed in women around age
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20
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Which of the following forms of intelligence would be most useful when solving real-world challenges?
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practical
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According to your text, _____ percent of young adults in the United States rated their health as good, very good, or excellent
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95
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Historically, most couples had their first child as teenagers, whereas now most women are having their first child at age
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25
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College trends indicate that
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more girls than boys attend college
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Schaie (2005) found that women consistently score lowest on a test that measures intellectual skills involving
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Spatial orientation
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The period of emerging adulthood occurs between __________ years old.
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18 and 25
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Generally speaking, married people are a little happier than unmarried ones. However, the largest difference was found in __________, where more married than single adults were "very happy."
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The United States
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Midlife crisis
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has not been confirmed by a large research study
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As adults grow older, job changes become more stressful because
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older workers may not have the job skills needed today, of possible age discrimination, and older people aren't wiling to relocate for a job (all of the above)
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Long-term hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has been shown to
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increase the risk of stroke
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One study cited in your text found that people between _____ are most likely to be in committed, monogamous relationships.
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25 and 65 years old
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Forms of recreation that risk causing injury or death, and are attractive and thrilling as a result, are referred to as
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extreme sports
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Which disorder is characterized by having irrational thoughts, delusions, and hallucinations?
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schizophrenia
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Spearman believed that
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there is one common factor that undergirds IQ.
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An arrangement in which work schedules are flexible so that employees can balance responsibilities is called
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flextime
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According to the text, by age ____, the immune system can fight off just about everything from the sniffles to cancer
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20
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According to the text, physical aging is _________ to most people who experience it.
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not discouraging
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Many couples are LAT, which stands for
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living apart together
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Aggressive young adults
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rated themselves as quite conscientious
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The possibility that one's appearance or behavior will be misread to confirm another person's prejudices is:
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Stereotype threat
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According to your text, conscientiousness is most highly valued in
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New Mexico
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The balance between various parts of the body systems is called
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homeostasis
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A characteristic of adult friendships is that
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friendships improve with age
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What is the major benefit of moderate alcohol consumption
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increased HDL
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__________ is to outgoing as ________ is to curiosity.
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Extroversion; openness
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_________ rewards of work are tangible rewards, such as salary, while _______ rewards of work are intangible rewards, such as job satisfaction
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Extrinsic; intrinsic
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What country is the world leader of the obesity and diabetes epidemics?
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United States
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Which therapist explained development as a sequence not linked to chronological age?
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Maslow
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According to a Chicago study by Laumann and Michael (2000), adults of all ages were more likely to say that they were ___________ satisfied with sex if they were _________.
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extremely; in a monogamous relationship
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A commonality among intimate relationships is that they
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progress from attraction to close connection to ongoing commitment
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Which of the following refers to a procedure in which one sperm is inserted into one ovum?
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ICSI
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In the United States, the number of declared homosexual couples:
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has likely increased due to homosexuals' willingness to declare themselves in official U.S. statistics.
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Personality patterns of adults are affected by
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cultural norms, social context, and genetic continuity (all of the above)
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In which of Erikson's stages do adults feel the need to mentor and help younger people?
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generativity vs. stagnation
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An adult expresses generativity by:
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caring for others, such as young chinldren
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A longitudinal study found that students at four-year colleges were more likely to be involved in _____ than were students at two-year colleges.
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extra-cirricular activities
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The measure of health that determines how healthy and energetic an individual feels is:
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vitality
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The idea that each of us enlarges our understanding, our experiences, and our resources through our intimate relationships is known as:
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self-expansion
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Findings by Murray and others (2006) show that the 10 million Americans with the highest SES will outlive the 10 million with the lowest SES by about ____ years.
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30
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What are some advantages adoptive parents have?
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the biological parents are usually absent, they are legally connected to their children, and they desperately wanted a child (all of the above)
