exam 3 - chap 7 Flashcards
Although young adults are generally healthy, by their early 20s, ———, a natural physical decline brought about by increasing age has already begun
senescence
the percentage of people who are not considered obese in the United States is approximately…
36%
according to psychologists, the primary appraisal stage of dealing with stress is focused on…
assessing the implications of a potentially stress-inducing event
an attempt to manage a stressful situation by directly changing it to make it less stressful is called ————– coping
problem-focused
Unconscious strategies that trivialize, distort, or deny the true nature of a stressful situation is called ———– coping
defensive
according to Gisela Labouvie-Vief, thinking that goes beyond logic to include real-life considerations, moral judgements, and values, called ———, is an important feature of cognitive development in early adulthood
postformal thought
william perry holds that early adulthood is a period when reasoning moves from ———-
dualistic thinking to a consideration of multiple perspectives
according to Warner Schaie, young adults shift from the acquisitive stage of cognitive development to the ——– stage
achieving
according to Robert Sternberg’s triarchic theory, which aspect of intelligence allows people to meet the demands that they face in the everyday world?
contextual
TRUE OR FALSE:
a greater number of women than men attend college
TRUE
according to Elaine Hatfield and Ellen Bercheid, two people experience romantic love when intense arousal combines with situational cues to indicate that what is being felt is love. this is the ——– theory of passionate love
labeling
the tendency of people to marry someone who is similar in age, race, education, religion, and other basic demographic characteristics is called…..
homogamy
many marriages today follow a period of living together, called….
cohabitation
one characteristic displayed by partners in successful marriages is that they…
routinely show their affection openly
according to Eli Ginzberg, in proceeding from adolescence to young adulthood, people move from the ————- period of career choice to the ———- period
tentative, realistic
people with physical disabiliites……
often suffer from prejudice and discrimination
according to professional recommendations, the amount of exercise that people should accumulate each week is…..
150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity
the secondary appraisal stage of dealing with stress focused on…..
assessing whether one can cope with the challenge
Piaget theorized that humans’ cognitive development did not change qualitatively after they achieve formal operational thinking sometime in adolescence. however, new research by Labouvie-Vief indicates contradicts this idea by stating that ———- thought develops in early adulthood
postformal
according to robert sternberg’s triarchic theory, what aspect of intelligence allows people to relate what they know to new situations and facts that they have never before encountered?
experiential
the combination of responses or ideas in novel ways is known as
creativity
one symptom of first-year adjustment reaction among college freshmen is
depression
emerging adulthood is marked by….
optimism
what are two important factors regarding how others choose friendships?
proximity and similarity
According to Sternberg’s triangular theory, a couple that remains in a marriage only for the sake of the children, even though the relationship lacks both intimacy and passion, is an example of —— love
empty
the tendency for men to marry women who are slightly younger, smaller, and lower in social status while women tend to marry men who are slightly older, larger, and higher in social status is known as….
The marriage gradient
according to research on infants attachment styles, those with a ——– attachment style are likely to find it relatively easy to get close to others during adulthood
secure
women who cohabit with men are more likely to view this arrangment as…
practice for marriage
about what percentage of marriages in the united states end in divorce?
50%
couples who most successfully manage the shift from childlessness to having children are those who…
are realistic about the challenges of childrearing
the change in the relationship between homosexual partners when children arrive in the family is….
similar to what happens in hetersexual relationships
according to George Vaillant, men….
tend to be overly influenced by their parents’ authority in their early 20s
traditionally, women were considered unsuitable for ——– professions, which are associated with getting things accomplished
agentic
