Ch 10: Young adulthood

Question 1

What have studies revealed to be the three most important markers of transition to adulthood?

Answer 1

• accepting responsibility for oneself
• making independent decisions
• being financially independent

Question 2

what two aspects of cognitive development peak during young adulthood?

Answer 2

expertise and creativity

Question 3

what is the central emotional and psychosocial challenge of young adulthood?

Answer 3

intimacy vs isolation

Question 4

Sternberg’s theory that different types of love fall involve combining three fundamental qualities in different ways: passion, intimacy, and commitment

Answer 4

triangular theory of love

Question 5

type of divorce common in the West today, in which people expect marriage to fulfill their need for love and intimacy, and seek a divorce if it fails to do so

Answer 5

expressive divorce

Question 6

According to anthropological research, how many young people in developed countries believe that marriage is an important marker of the transition into adulthood?

Answer 6

very few

Question 7

By the late ______ the brain is believed to reach adult maturity, in the sense that the period of overproduction/exuberance is long past, and synaptic pruning is no longer taking place at a high rate.

Answer 7

20s