Practicef test #22 - Adulthood : Psychosocial Development

1. Our society places the midlife point at age

 30.	40.	50.	60.

2. Begining with the 40th birthday, birthdays are seen as

 to late to live it up.
 hardly a reason to live.
 time remaining to live.
 time already lived.

3. A period of unusual anxiety, reexamination, and transformation is called a

 midlife crisis.
 cohort bridge.
 ecological niche.
 gender trajectory.

4. The person who is most likely to become a kinkeeper is a

 son.
 daughter.
 daughter-in-law.
 granddaughter.

5. Ed is moody, anxious, & self-punishing, Ed is high in

 conscientiousness.
 extroversion.
 neuroticism.
 openness.

6. Openness is seen as a positive personality trait in

 the United States.	
 Australia.	
 China.		
 Italy.

7. A biological explanation for gender convergence stresses

 family responsibilities.
 social obligations.
 sex hormones.
 midlife crises.

8. Who believed that everyone has both a masculine & feminine side?

 Jung		
 Freud		
 Maslow		
 Erikson

9. The "shadow side" concept was developed by

 Jung.		
 Freud.		
 Levinson.	
 Sheely.

10. Individuals who are accepted in a family that is not their legal or
      biological family are

 fictive kin.
 generative allies.
 kissing cousins.
 adopted aunts or uncles.

11. By age 50, most of us are living with

 aging parents.
 a large extended family.
 a spouse or friend.
 two or more adolescent children.

12. The shift away from the extended family in the U.S.

 probably will not continue.
 has affected only minority families.
 is the cause of the rising divorce rate.
 has not eliminated family closeness, contact, & cooperation.

13. In middle age a person's attitude toward his or her parents
      usually becomes more

 private.	
 ambivalent.		
 appreciative.		
 critical.

14. A young adult who serves as a "cohort bridge" usually provides

 kinkeeping services.
 information on new developments in the culture.
 financial and emotional aid in an emergency.
 an opportunity for parental pride in family accomplishments.

15. Most contemporary grandparents prefer which role?

 involved	
 traditional	
 remote		
 companionate

16. Most Developmentalists ___________ the trend toward uninvolved 
grand parenting.

 fully support
 are unhappy with
 disagree about
 are delighted by

17. Most middle aged adults have their closest relationship with a

 spouse.	
 friend.		
 grandchild.		
 cohabiting partner.

18. Studies of long term marriages

 show an increasing level of happiness for recent generations.
 have not been carried out for several decades.
 involve cross-sectional research.
 involve a selected sample.

19. Research indicates that remarried people

 have a higher chance of divorce.
 are unlikely to get divorced.
 are worse off financially than when they lived alone.
 report a higher average happiness than those in a first marriage.

20. When one partner works at a "job" to pay the bills, the other partner
may then take on a _________ which is lower paying.

 part-time job		
 avocation		
 vocation		
 career

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                                Robert C. Gates