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Life Span Development Final Exam Review
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DEP2004 Final Exam Review 9/2022● Chapter 10
● What is emerging adulthood?
○ a period where individuals are not adolescents but not yet fully adults
● What is a rite of passage?
○ rituals in marking initiation into adulthood
● What is a returning adult student in college?
○ individuals that have already reached adulthood
● Leading cause of death in emerging adulthood.
○ smoking
● Social influences on health.
○ socioeconomic status-
■ strong predictor of level of access to insurance and health care
○ race/ethnicity
○ education-
■ good predictor of access to wider array of healthy living options and
avoiding certain diseases
● Multidimensional characteristic of theories of development.
○ multidirectionality
○ interindividual variability
○ plasticity
● Multidirectionality.
○ refers to what happens to the various abilities underlying adults’ intelligence
over time
● Postformal thought.
○ a stage of development that occurs in early adulthood in which a person gains the
ability to synthesize opposing ideas or feelings into a more complete
understanding
● Life-span construct.
○ represents a unified sense of their past, present, and future
● Possible Selves.
○ represent what we could become, what we would like to become, and what we are
afraid to become
● Chapter 11
● What does the sociability and compatibility dimension represent in friendship?
○ how our friends keep us entertained and are sources of amusement, fun, and
recreation
● How do most adult friendships begin?
○ shared interests
● Over time, how does love through adulthood change?
○ -Infatuation: short-lived first period of relationship: High passion but low
intimacy and commitment
, ○ -As emotional intimacy is acquired, passion fades but commitment becomes
stronger-establish trust, openness, honesty communication
● Rates of abuse are higher in cultures that emphasize what things?
○ female purity, virginity, male status and family honor
● Why do couples cohabitate?
○ cite love and companionship as major reason why they decide to move in with a
partner
● According to research, what can be done to keep a marriage happy over a long period?
○ be flexible and adaptable
● What describes a nuclear family?
○ consisting of only parent(s) and child(ren)
● How are single mothers affected financially by solo parenting?
○ with gender-related wage issues, single mothers also have only one paycheck to
pay for everything
● What is a common worry of adoptive parents?
○ how strong their bond will be with child
● Chapter 12
● How does John Holland categorize occupations?
○ categorizes occupations by the interpersonal settings in which people must
function and by their associated lifestyles.
● What is a developmental coach?
○ an individual who helps a person focus on their goals, motivations, and
aspirations to help them achieve focus and apply them appropriately
● Does job satisfaction increase or decrease with age? Why?
○ increase, because most people eventually find a job in which they are reasonably
happy
● What is gender discrimination?
○ denying a job to someone solely on the basis of the person’s gender
● What percentage of top women executives report being sexually harassed?
○ 75%
● What is career plateauing?
○ occurs when there is a lack of challenge in one’s job or promotional opportunity
in the organization or when a person does not seek advancement
● What is a fast-forward family?
○ dual earner couples with a hectic lifestyle
● In heterosexual couples, who does most of the housework?
○ women
● What is leisure?
○ an optional activity that includes simple relaxation, activities for enjoyment, and
creative pursuits
● Chapter 13
● What is peak skeletal maturity?
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