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ASU Chapter 13: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood Flashcards

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1
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  • transition from adolescence to adulthood
  • occurs from approx. 18-25 years of age
  • experimentation and exploration
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emerging adulthood

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key features of becoming an adult

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  • identity exploration
  • instability, self-focused, and feeling in-between
  • the age of possibilities
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markers of becoming an adult

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  • holding a full-time job
  • economic independence
  • taking responsibility for oneself
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  • top-dog phenomenon
  • movement to a larger school structure
  • increased focus on achievement and assessment
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the transition from high school to college

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5
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peak physical performance typically occurs between ___ and ___

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19 and 26

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muscle tone and strength usually begin to show signs of decline around the age of ___

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30

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emerging adults have _______ the mortality rate of adolescents

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twice

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factors involved in obesity

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  • hereditary
  • environmental factors
  • dieting
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sustained exercise that stimulates heart and lung activity

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aerobic exercise

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pattern of behavior characterized by an overwhelming involvement with using a drug and a preoccupation with securing its supply

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addiction

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binge drinking increases in _______

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college

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disorder that involves long-term, repeated, uncontrolled, compulsive, and excessive use of alcoholic beverages; impairs the drinker’s health and social relationships

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alcoholism

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all of the following are key features identified by Jeffrey Arnett to characterize emerging adulthood, EXCEPT:

A. being self-focused
B. identity exploration
C. stability
D. feeling “in-between”

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C. stability

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patterns of heterosexual behavior in emerging adulthood

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men have more casual sexual partners while women report being more selective

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approximately ___% of individuals have experienced sexual intercourse by the end of emerging adulthood

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60%

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_______ sex is more common in emerging adulthood

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casual sex

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emerging adulthood is a timeframe during which most individuals are ____________ and ____________

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sexually active and unmarried

18
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___________ couples have sex more often than ___________ couples

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married (and cohabiting) / non-cohabiting

19
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a continuum from exclusive male-female relations to exclusive same-sex relations

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sexual orientation

20
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most likely a combination of genetic, hormonal, cognitive, and environmental factors

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sexual orientation

21
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__________ have fewer sexual partners and less permissive attitudes about casual sex than __________

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lesbians / gay men

22
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  • commonly called the “drip” or “clap”
  • spread by contact between infected moist membranes of two individuals
  • discharge from genitals and painful urination
  • can lead to infertility
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gonorrhea

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  • the appearance of a sore
  • later, a skin rash breaks out on palms of hands and bottom of feet
  • if not treated, can eventually lead to paralysis or even death
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syphilis

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  • spreads by sexual contact and infects the genital organs of both sexes
  • women with this STI can become infertile
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chlamydia

25
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  • caused by a family of viruses with different strains
  • an eruption of sores and blisters
  • spread by sexual contact
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genital herpes

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  • caused by a virus (HIV) which destroys the body’s immune system
  • semen and blood are the main vehicles of transmission
  • common symptoms include fevers, night sweats, weight loss, chronic fatigue, and swollen nymph nodes
  • has no cure
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AIDS

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  • caused by HPV, which does not always produce symptoms
  • usually appear as small, hard painless bumps in the vaginal area or around the anus
  • very contagious
  • certain high-risk types of this virus can cause cervical cancer and other genital cancers
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genital warts

28
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  • aggression enhances their sense of power
  • angry at women in general
  • want to hurt and humiliate their victims
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characteristics of male rapists

29
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coercive sexual activity directed at someone with whom the perpetrator is at least casually acquainted

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date or acquaintance rape

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manifestation of power of one person over another

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sexual harassment

31
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  • adolescents and adults think qualitatively in the same way
  • individuals consolidate their formal operational thinking during their adulthood
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Piaget’s view (cognitive stages)

32
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a recent analysis by Finkelstein and others predicted that __% of U.S. adults will be obese by 2030

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42%

33
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what is the final stage of cognitive development according to Piaget?

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formal operational stage

34
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in the United States, the most widely recognized marker of entry into adulthood is

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holding a permanent, full-time job

35
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  • reflective, relativistic, and contextual
  • provisional
  • realistic
  • recognized as being influenced by emotion
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post-formal thought

36
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impressive array of creative accomplishments occur in ____________

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late adulthood

37
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during this timeframe, individuals often seek to establish their emerging career in a particular field

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from mid-twenties on

38
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only __% of 12 to 22-year-olds had a clear vision of where they want to go in life

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20%

39
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students focus only on __________

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short-term goals

40
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paid apprenticeships in a field one is interested in pursuing

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cooperative (co-op) programs

41
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produces stress and is related to physical problems, mental problems, marital difficulties, and homicide

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unemployment

42
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face special challenges in balancing between work and family life

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dual-earner couples

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