Chapter 11

Question 1

boomerang children

Answer 1

adult children who move out of their panrets’ homes at some point in time before moving back

Question 2

choice overload

Answer 2

having so many options that a thoughtful choice because hard

Question 3

extreme sports

Answer 3

forms of recreation that include apparent risk of injury/death and are attractive and thrilling as a result

Question 4

piaget’s 4th stage

Answer 4

formal operational thought is inadequate to describe adult cognition

Question 5

5th stage - postformal thought

Answer 5

goes beyond adolescent thinking by being more practical, flexible and dialectical

Question 6

intimacy vs isolation

Answer 6

the 6th stage of erikson’s stages of development

- adults seek someone with whom to share their lives in an enduring and self-sacrificing commitment

Question 7

linked lives

Answer 7

lived in which the success, health and well-being of each family member are connected to those of other members

Question 8

massificaiton

Answer 8

the idea that establishing higher learning institutions and encouraging college and university enrolment could benefit everyone, leading to marked incrases in the number of emerging adults in post-secondary institutions

Question 9

stereotype threat

Answer 9

the possibility that one’s appearance or behaviour will be misread to confirm another person’s oversimplified, prejudiced attitude
- if they think that others will think they’ll do bad, they will do poorly