Chapter 14: Socioemotional Development in Early Adulthood

Question 1

For adults, socioemotional development revolves around _______.

Answer 1

adaptively integrating emotional experiences into enjoyable relationships with others

Question 2

T or F
Temperament at age 3-5 was linked to adjustment as an adult.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

What factors make up an adult’s temperment?

Answer 3

1. How they were raised
2. Inhibition
   3.Ability to control emotion

Question 4

Attachment in romantic relationships is related to attachment in _______.

Answer 4

early attachment in relationships with parents

Question 5

Secure attachment style

Answer 5

People who find it easy to get close to others and are not overly concerned with their romantic relationships

Question 6

Avoidant attachment style

Answer 6

People who are hesitant about getting involved in romantic relationships and wikl distance themselves form partners

Question 7

Anxious attachment style

Answer 7

People who demand closeness, are less trusting, more emotional, jealous, and possessive

Question 8

Judgments made after just a _______ exposure time to unfamiliar faces were enough to form a first impression.

Answer 8

100-millisecond

Question 9

T or F
People associate attractiveness with intelligence.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Consensual validation

Answer 10

An explanation of why people are attracted to people who are similar to them. Our own attitudes and behaviors are validated by their similar behavior.

Question 11

Matching hypothesis

Answer 11

Theory that although we prefer a more attractive person in the abstract, in the real world we end up choosing someone close to our own level of attractiveness

Question 12

Romantic love

Answer 12

Passionate love/eros, romantic love has strong sexual and infatuation components and often predominates early in a love relationship

Question 13

Affectionate love

Answer 13

Companionate love, an individual desires to have the other person near and has a deep caring affection for the other person

Question 14

Consummate love

Answer 14

Involves Sternberg’s three dimensions of love:
1. Intimacy
2. Commitment
3. Passion

Question 15

Relationship education

Answer 15

Programs for adolescents and emerging adults which focus on strengthening healthy relationships between partners

Question 16

T or F
More adults are getting married.

Answer 16

False, more are staying single

Question 17

What are the challenges for single adults?

Answer 17

Creating intimate relationships with others, finding a niche in society, loneliness

Question 18

Which gender reports a higher desire for independence?

Answer 18

Women

Question 19

Cohabitation

Answer 19

Living together in a sexual relationship without being married

Question 20

The average age of marriage is _______.

Answer 20

increasing

Question 21

The average duration of marriage in the USA is ___.

Answer 21

just over 9 years :(

Question 22

Which gender is more happy in marriage?

Answer 22

Men

Question 23

T or F
Premarital education has a negative impact on marriages.

Answer 23

False

Question 24

Benefits of good marriage

Answer 24

Longer lives, healthier lives

Question 25

Divorce has become an _______ in the USA.

Answer 25

epidemic

Question 26

What are risk factors for divorce?

Answer 26

Young marriage, low education, low income, lack of religion, divorced parents, baby before marriage

Question 27

What causes divorce?

Answer 27

Growing apart, arguments, unfaithfulness/adultery, lack of respect/appreciation, domestic violence

Question 28

Which gender is more likely to sense issues in marriage and seek out divorce?

Answer 28

Women

Question 29

Which gender adjusts better post-divorce?

Answer 29

Women

Question 30

Which gender remarries more quickly?

Answer 30

Men

Question 31

Divorce rates in remarriages are _______.

Answer 31

increasing

Question 32

Lesbian relationships place a high priority on _______.

Answer 32

equality in their relationships

Question 33

Lesbian couples are _______ likely to raise children than gay couples

Answer 33

5x more

Question 34

John Gottman

Answer 34

Studies married couples' lives to analyze what makes a marriage work

Question 35

Love maps

Answer 35

Gottman's way for married couples to express a map of their lives and world and communicate their feelings better

Question 36

What are some myths about becoming parents?

Answer 36

Having a baby will save a marriage, babies are extensions of parents and offer them a second chance, parenting is instinctual and requires no training

Question 37

Trends in childbearing

Answer 37

Parents have children later in life and have fewer children overall

Question 38

Hetherington's six pathways after divorce

Answer 38

1. enhancers 2. good-enoughs 3. seekers 4. libertines 5. competent loners 6. defeated

Question 39

Enhancers

Answer 39

Mostly females, bounce back after divorce and create something meaningful

Question 40

Good-enoughs

Answer 40

The largest group, both strengths and weaknesses, next marriage usually isn't better

Question 41

Seekers

Answer 41

Motivated to find new relationships asap

Question 42

Libertines

Answer 42

Spend more time single and hooking up for the first year and then decide to find a stable relationship after

Question 43

Competent loners

Answer 43

Successful and single

Question 44

Defeated

Answer 44

Problems increase post-divorce

Question 45

Rapport talk

Answer 45

Language of conversation; the way of establishing connections and negotiating relationships

Question 46

Report talk

Answer 46

Designed to give information, like public speaking

Question 47

Women's development experts stress _______.

Answer 47

the importance of self-motivation

Question 48

Men's development experts stress _______.

Answer 48

the importance of health and healthy masculinity

Question 49

Same-gender friendships are _______ common than cross-gender friendships.

Answer 49

more

Question 50

Androgyny

Answer 50

Presence of masc and fem characteristics in one person

Question 51

Transgender

Answer 51

Individuals who adopt a gender identity that differs from the one assigned at birth