Lecture 11 - Adulthood

Question 1

What are the three periods of vocational development

Answer 1

fantasy
tentative
realistic

Question 2

What is the fantasy period

Answer 2

Kids fantasizing about career options

Question 3

What is the tentative period

Answer 3

11-16, kids think about careers in terms of their interests, then in terms of their abilities & values

Question 4

What is the realistic period

Answer 4

Late teens-early 20s, people start to narrow their options

Question 5

Name 4 factors influencing vocational choice

Answer 5

Gender stereotypes
Teachers
Family influences
Personality

Question 6

How big is the relationship between personality and vocational choice

Answer 6

Moderate

Question 7

What percent of college/university students drop out

Answer 7

25% college
16% university

Question 8

What were the results when college drops outs were followed

Answer 8

Majority switched to new schools
A very little percent were still unemployed

Question 9

Name all of Erikson’s 8 stages

Answer 9

Trust vs mistrust
Autonomy vs shame and doubt
Initiative vs guilt
Industry vs inferiority
identity vs role confusion
intimacy vs isolation
generativity vs stagnation
ego identity vs despair

Question 10

What are the first 3 Erikson stages and the associated ages

Answer 10

Trust vs mistrust - 0-2
Autonomy vs shame and doubt - 2-3
Initiative vs guilt - 4-6

Question 11

What is the 4-6 Erikson stages and their ages

Answer 11

Industry vs inferiority - 7-12
Identity vs role confusion - 13-18
Intimacy vs isolation - early 20s

Question 12

What are the last 2 Erikson stages

Answer 12

Generativity vs stagnation - late 20-late 50s
Ego identity vs despair - 60+

Question 13

Identity acheivement is ____ correlated with fidelity and love

Answer 13

Positively

Question 14

Identitiy moratorium is _____ associated with intimacy vs isolation

Answer 14

Negatively

Question 15

Are people more likely to date someone similar to them, or opposite to them

Answer 15

Similar

Question 16

Who’s smell on a Tshirt would a female choose

Answer 16

One that has a different MHC than their own

Question 17

What type of man would a woman on birth control pills choose when smelling their T shirts

Answer 17

They pick someone with a similar MHC as their own

Question 18

What gender has more intimate same sex friendships

Answer 18

Females

Question 19

What gender is more likely to just talk with their friends vs do an activity

Answer 19

Women

Question 20

Average age of moving out _____ in recent decades

Answer 20

Decreased

Question 21

What percent of marriages end in divorce

Answer 21

40

Question 22

Is marriage happening earlier or later than previous generations

Answer 22

Later

Question 23

What were the results when studying couples who cohabitied/no cohabitation

Answer 23

men who cohabited before engagement were less dedicated to their wives than those who didn’t

Had no effect on woman’s dedication to their husbands

Question 24

What happens to gender roles right after a new baby

Answer 24

Traditional gender roles become more prevalent

Question 25

Has the rate of unmarried/ divorced people risen or decreased

Answer 25

Risen

Question 26

What are the strongest predictors of divorce

Answer 26

Infidelity
Reckless spending
Drugs/alcohol

Question 27

What gender remarries quicker

Answer 27

Men