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Check Your Understanding Questions

Lifespan DevelopmentCheck Your Understanding Questions
23 .
Identify three outcomes of a lower socioeconomic status that can play a role in people’s experience of emerging adulthood.
24 .
Contrast Arnett’s and Marcia’s theories of emerging adulthood.
25 .
What are possible reasons that using electronic devices close to bedtime is associated with poorer sleep?
26 .
List and discuss some of the strategies noted in the text that will help with managing the effects of stress in one’s life.
27 .
Compare and contrast HPV, herpes, and HIV.
28 .
Why is it accurate to surmise that one’s stated sexual orientation may not fully encapsulate the range of a person’s sexual feelings?
29 .
Explain the concept of post-formal thought in your own words.
30 .
Discuss the difference in how creativity is understood between people from Eastern versus Western cultures.
31 .
Explain the difference between experiential learning and informal education and the connection between them.
32 .
Explain how low SES, being a parent, and the availability of and demand for jobs can affect a person’s job choices.
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