Human Development, Chapters 9-16 – Flashcards
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Identity achievement involves a denial of past experiences and childhood identifications. (True or False.)
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False
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Menarche is
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a girls first menstrual period.
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A 15-year-old girl realizes that the dress she has worn to school has a small stain on it. Her belief that everyone will notice it is an example of
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adolescent egocentrism.
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The rate of clinical depression in teenage girls triples during the teen years. (True or False.)
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False
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The power of the invincibility fable may be observed in
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young military recruits who hope to be sent into combat.
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For boys, the usual sequence of physical changes in puberty is
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growth of the testes; initial pubic hair growth; growth of the penis; spermarche.
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Parasuicide refers to
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a suicide attempt that does not end in death.
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Piaget called the reasoning that characterizes adolescence
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formal operational thought.
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Changes in primary sex characteristics include
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growth of the uterus or the testes.
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When a person adopts parents' or society's roles and values without questioning and exploring a personal identity, it is referred to as identity
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foreclosure.
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According to Erikson, adolescents are in the stage of
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identity versus role confusion.
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For girls, the usual sequence of physical changes in puberty is
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nipple growth, the growth spurt, and menarche.
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Peer pressure usually leads to
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socially disireable behaviors.
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Secondary sex characteristics are traits that
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are not directly related to fertility.
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Deductive reasoning is also referred to as _____ reasoning.
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Top-down
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During an identity moratorium, adolescents typically
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take on a temporary role and postpone making career decisions.
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Marsha says, "There is no way I am going to school today with this bruise on my cheek. Everybody is going to laugh at me." Marsha is demonstrating
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her belief in an imaginary audience.
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Suicidal ideation refers to
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thinking about suicide.
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For boys, the event that most closely parallels menarche is
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spermarche.
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The first outward sign of puberty in a typical girl is
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the onset of nipple growth.
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The many changes of menopause are caused by reduced
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estrogen.
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A common outcome when in vitro fertilization is used to assist in reproduction in the United States is that
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almost half of the pregnancies end in low-birth-weight twins or triplets.
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A condition in which the absence of a particular drug causes a craving to satisfy a psychological or physiological need is
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drug addiction.
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Fluid intelligence includes
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the speed of processing mathematical information.
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Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) involves taking
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estrogen and progesterone.
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Which of the following is true of couples who cohabit before they are married?
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They are more likely to divorce if they marry.
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Aunt Emily is the family's kinkeeper. This means that she assumes responsibility for
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gathering the family for holidays, sending birthday reminders, and disseminating family communications.
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A sudden drop in sex hormones in a woman's bloodstream along with cessation of ovulation and menstruation signals
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menopause.
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A person between the ages of 18 and 25 is entering a new developmental stage called
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emerging adulthood.
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Practical intelligence would be most needed to
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understand the needs of family members.
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Infertility is defined as unable to conceive after trying for at least what period of time?
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12 months.
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Which of the following is true of edgework?
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If a risky business investment fails, emerging adults are less likely to be devastated than older investors.
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Sam is moody, anxious, and self-punishing. Sam is high in
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neuroticism.
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Compared to novices, experts are
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are more intuitive.
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Which of Sternberg's three components of love are influenced by the social context?
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Commitment.
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One measure of health is morbidity, which
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includes both acute and chronic illnesses.
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Which of the following is true regarding the self-esteem of emerging adults?
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In spite of the new challenges and stressors that they face, their self-esteem is higher than earlier and continues to rise throughout emerging adulthood.
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The "social-clock" tells us the
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appropriate or "best" age for a first marriage in our society.
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During adulthood, fluid intelligence
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decreases.
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Which of the following is an anxiety disorder?
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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Compared to single older adults, the married elderly tend to be
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happier and wealthier.
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The leading cause of death for men and women is
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cardiovascular disease.
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Which of the following can cause reversible dementia?
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Overmedication, undernourishment, alcohol abuse, and dehydration (All of the answers are correct.)
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Most elder abuse is committed by
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adult children.
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Consequences of a particular chronic disease are characteristic of what type of aging?
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Secondary.
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The most feared type of dementia is
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Alzheimers Disease
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The term "ageism" refers to
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judging people on the basis of chronological age.
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A thickening of the lens of the eye, causing vision to become cloudy, opaque, and distorted, is called
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cataracts.
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Self theories emphasize
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the core-self.
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Primary aging refers to age-related changes that
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inevitably take place as time goes by.
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Storage mechanisms, retrieval strategies, selective attention, and logical analysis are all considered
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control processes.
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Vascular dementia is caused by
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insufficient supply of blood to the brain.
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Which senses become less sharp in late adulthood?
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Smell, taste, hearing, vision, and touch (All of these are correct.)
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Maximum life-span is defined as the
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upper limit to which members of a species can live.
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The difference between ADLs and IADLs is that
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IADLs require some intellectual competence.
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The first stage of Alzheimer disease is characterized by
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absenteemindedness about recent events.
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The average life expectancy for men is ______ years, for women ______ years.
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76; 81.
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According to Erikson, integrity versus despair is the focus of
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late adulthood.
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Control processes depend on which part of the brain?
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The pre-frontal cortex.
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People who live to see their 100th birthday are referred to as
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centenarians.
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An example of active euthanasia is
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injecting lethal drugs.
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Which of the following is an example of physician-assisted suicide?
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A doctor gives a patient a prescription for a lethal medication.
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A DNR order
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allows a natural death.
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The function of the hospice is to
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allow people to die in peace.
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A person whom a dying person designates to make his or her medical decisions is
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a health care proxy.
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A "living will" is written to
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specify how much medical intervention is to be given if the individual is unable to express his or her preferences.
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The period in the life span where death is less feared is
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adolescence.
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Passive euthanasia is legal
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everywhere.
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According to Kübler-Ross, the first stage of dying is
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denial.
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The study of death and dying is known as
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thanatology.
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Piaget called the reasoning that characterizes adolescence
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formal operational though.
