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Lifespan DevelopmentReview Questions
1.
What are the cultural expectations about normative behavior and achievements associated with age, such as starting a career or having a first child, influenced by?
  1. rank-order stability
  2. mean-level change
  3. the maturity principle
  4. the social clock
2 .
What theory predicts that when young people commit to certain life roles such as spouse or store assistant manager, corresponding changes in personality traits to support the demands of these roles will occur?
  1. the maturity principle
  2. social investment theory
  3. the quarter-life crisis
  4. rank-order stability
3.
What age range was theorized to serve as a "second adulthood" for women by write Gail Sheehy?
  1. ages 20 to 30
  2. ages 30 to 40
  3. ages 40 to 50
  4. ages 50 to 60
4 .
Studies using Marcia’s identity status have consistently found that identity commitment was most strongly encouraged by which life event?
  1. graduating from college
  2. becoming a parent
  3. getting married
  4. starting a career
5.
The relevance of a person’s identity in a particular situation is called identity ________.
  1. salience
  2. regard
  3. diffusion
  4. moratorium
6 .
What term describes the overlapping experience of different aspects of our identity, such as ethnicity, gender, and sexuality?
  1. intersectionality
  2. identity confusion
  3. identity centrality
  4. moratorium-achievement-moratorium-achievement (MAMA) cycle
7.
For British families, what is the most common expected reason for young adults to leave the parental home?
  1. employment or education opportunities
  2. marriage and plans for parenthood
  3. financial independence
  4. conflict in the home of origin
8 .
In early adulthood, friendship networks usually
  1. expand
  2. shrink
  3. do not change in size
  4. become irrelevant
9.
What is the most common source of disagreement between young adults and their parents?
  1. parents' retirement plans, including moving homes
  2. parents' religion and their insistence on the child maintaining those beliefs
  3. emerging adult's sexual orientation or romantic relationships
  4. emerging adult’s financial decisions
10 .
Developmental trajectories are determined by the interaction of
  1. family and friends
  2. friends and neighbors
  3. behavior and context
  4. attitude and personality
11.
According to Super’s lifespan theory of career development, what occurs in early adulthood?
  1. Career exploration is followed by career establishment.
  2. Career establishment is followed by career exploration.
  3. College students should choose a major aligned with their career goals.
  4. Intimacy should be developed before vocational identity.
12 .
Life balance is the extent to which a person feels able to ________.
  1. maintain their identity within intimate relationships
  2. live independently
  3. find a job aligned with their education
  4. spend the desired amount of time on activities that matter
13.
Research on the relationship between identity and intimacy in modern young adults finds that which of the following is true?
  1. Intimacy predicts the development of identity for people of any sex.
  2. Identity predicts the development of intimacy for people of any sex.
  3. Intimacy predicts the development of identity, but only for men.
  4. Identity predicts the development of intimacy, but only for women.
14 .
What contextual factor can make it more likely that a person will get married earlier in young adulthood?
  1. high level of education
  2. being career-focused
  3. living in a rural area
  4. being non-heterosexual
15.
Which trend with regard to cohabiting with a romantic partner to whom one is not married is true?
  1. More young adults now live with a cohabiting romantic partner than live with a spouse.
  2. Cohabitation is far more common among the LGBTQ+ population than among those who identify as heterosexual.
  3. Cohabitation becomes less common as people increase in their financial income and socioeconomic status.
  4. People who are very religious are more likely to cohabit as a “test for marriage and hedge against divorce” than those who are not.
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