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Chapter 14: Socioemotional Development in Early Adulthood Flashcards

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1
Q

For adults, socioemotional development revolves around _______.

A

adaptively integrating emotional experiences into enjoyable relationships with others

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

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True

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What factors make up an adult’s temperment?

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  1. How they were raised
  2. Inhibition
    3.Ability to control emotion
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Attachment in romantic relationships is related to attachment in _______.

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early attachment in relationships with parents

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Secure attachment style

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

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Avoidant attachment style

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

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Anxious attachment style

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

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

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100-millisecond

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T or F
People associate attractiveness with intelligence.

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True

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Consensual validation

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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.

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Matching hypothesis

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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

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Romantic love

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

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Affectionate love

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

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Consummate love

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

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Relationship education

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

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T or F
More adults are getting married.

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False, more are staying single

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What are the challenges for single adults?

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

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Which gender reports a higher desire for independence?

A

Women

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Cohabitation

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Living together in a sexual relationship without being married

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The average age of marriage is _______.

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increasing

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The average duration of marriage in the USA is ___.

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just over 9 years :(

22
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Which gender is more happy in marriage?

A

Men

23
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T or F
Premarital education has a negative impact on marriages.

A

False

24
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Benefits of good marriage

A

Longer lives, healthier lives

25
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Divorce has become an _______ in the USA.

A

epidemic

26
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What are risk factors for divorce?

A

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

27
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What causes divorce?

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

28
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Which gender is more likely to sense issues in marriage and seek out divorce?

A

Women

29
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Which gender adjusts better post-divorce?

A

Women

30
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Which gender remarries more quickly?

A

Men

31
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Divorce rates in remarriages are _______.

A

increasing

32
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Lesbian relationships place a high priority on _______.

A

equality in their relationships

33
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Lesbian couples are _______ likely to raise children than gay couples

A

5x more

34
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John Gottman

A

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

35
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Love maps

A

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

36
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What are some myths about becoming parents?

A

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

37
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Trends in childbearing

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Parents have children later in life and have fewer children overall

38
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Hetherington’s six pathways after divorce

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  1. enhancers
  2. good-enoughs
  3. seekers
  4. libertines
  5. competent loners
  6. defeated
39
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Enhancers

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Mostly females, bounce back after divorce and create something meaningful

40
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Good-enoughs

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

41
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Seekers

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Motivated to find new relationships asap

42
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Libertines

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

43
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Competent loners

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Successful and single

44
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Defeated

A

Problems increase post-divorce

45
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Rapport talk

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

46
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Report talk

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Designed to give information, like public speaking

47
Q

Women’s development experts stress _______.

A

the importance of self-motivation

48
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Men’s development experts stress _______.

A

the importance of health and healthy masculinity

49
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Same-gender friendships are _______ common than cross-gender friendships.

A

more

50
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Androgyny

A

Presence of masc and fem characteristics in one person

51
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Transgender

A

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

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