Chapter 11

Question 1

Emerging adulthood

Answer 1

Widely thought of as a separate developmental stage

Question 2

Drug abuse

Answer 2

Ingestion of a drug to the extent that it impairs the users biological or psychological well being

Question 3

Post formal thought

Answer 3

Proposed adult state of cognitive development, following Piagets four stages

Question 4

Post formal thinkers

Answer 4

Use formal analysis to learn science, distill principles, develop arguments, and resolve the worlds problems

Question 5

Countering stereotypes

Answer 5

Cognitive flexibility counters stereotypes as rational thinking aids in recognition and reconciliation of contradictions

Question 6

Stereotype threat

Answer 6

Fear that someone else will judge ones appearance or behavior

Question 7

Massification

Answer 7

Idea that establishing higher learning institutions and encouraging college enrollment could benefit everyone

Question 8

Identity achievement

Answer 8

The search for identity still begins at puberty, but it continues much longer

Question 9

Vocational identity

Answer 9

Establishing vocational identity is part of growing up

Question 10

Plasticity

Answer 10

Both continuity and change are evident in personality life long.

Question 11

Cohabitation

Answer 11

Living with an unrelated person-typically a romantic partner-to whom one is not married