DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM 5 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
emerging adulthood - term used to describe this in-between period during which individuals leave
adolescence but are not fully adults
Physical Peak - occurs between ages 20 and 35, although certain athletic activities may peak at
earlier ages
multidirectional development - development can involve improvement and decline, and sometimes
at the same time
adulthood is when this can be observed
physical decline potentials - max heart rate decreasing
respiratory capacity decreasing
lens of eye stiffens/thickens
sensitivity to sound at high freqs decreases
fast twitch muscles decline in size/amount
Sexuality and relationship findings - -less frequent adolescent sexual behavior than thought
-males overestimate how often their partners reach orgasm during sexual encounters
-gen Z appears less interested in binary definitions of sexuality
What factors lower the chance of divorce? - -annual income >50k
-waiting to have child after marriage
-growing up in an intact home
-being religious
-attending college
Labouvie-Vief: after formal operations? - postformal thought
thinking that is more relativistic, seeing shades of gray rather than simple dichotomies
, William Perry's thinking - Young adults move from dualistic thinking (right vs wrong) to multiple
thinking (there are different viewpoints to consider, but it is hard to reconcile the various
perspectives) to commitment within relativism (there are multiple viewpoints, but I can reflect on
and decide what I believe regarding these perspectives).
Love's 3 components - intimacy, passion, commitment
intimacy - emotional connectedness, involves warm communication
passion - biological closeness, sexual and romantic feelings
commitment - cognitive component, a decision to stay together
1 Consumate love - intimacy + passion + commitment
2 Liking - Intimacy
3 Compassionate love - Intimacy + commitment
4 Empty love - commitment
5 Fatuous love - passion + commitment
6 Infatuation - Passion
7 Romantic love - passion + intimacy
Sternberg said that at the beginning of a relationship, ______________ is strong. - passion
(infatuation, fatuous, romantic love)
______________ is likely after the relationship has been going on for some time. - Compassionate
love (warm and trusting)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
emerging adulthood - term used to describe this in-between period during which individuals leave
adolescence but are not fully adults
Physical Peak - occurs between ages 20 and 35, although certain athletic activities may peak at
earlier ages
multidirectional development - development can involve improvement and decline, and sometimes
at the same time
adulthood is when this can be observed
physical decline potentials - max heart rate decreasing
respiratory capacity decreasing
lens of eye stiffens/thickens
sensitivity to sound at high freqs decreases
fast twitch muscles decline in size/amount
Sexuality and relationship findings - -less frequent adolescent sexual behavior than thought
-males overestimate how often their partners reach orgasm during sexual encounters
-gen Z appears less interested in binary definitions of sexuality
What factors lower the chance of divorce? - -annual income >50k
-waiting to have child after marriage
-growing up in an intact home
-being religious
-attending college
Labouvie-Vief: after formal operations? - postformal thought
thinking that is more relativistic, seeing shades of gray rather than simple dichotomies
, William Perry's thinking - Young adults move from dualistic thinking (right vs wrong) to multiple
thinking (there are different viewpoints to consider, but it is hard to reconcile the various
perspectives) to commitment within relativism (there are multiple viewpoints, but I can reflect on
and decide what I believe regarding these perspectives).
Love's 3 components - intimacy, passion, commitment
intimacy - emotional connectedness, involves warm communication
passion - biological closeness, sexual and romantic feelings
commitment - cognitive component, a decision to stay together
1 Consumate love - intimacy + passion + commitment
2 Liking - Intimacy
3 Compassionate love - Intimacy + commitment
4 Empty love - commitment
5 Fatuous love - passion + commitment
6 Infatuation - Passion
7 Romantic love - passion + intimacy
Sternberg said that at the beginning of a relationship, ______________ is strong. - passion
(infatuation, fatuous, romantic love)
______________ is likely after the relationship has been going on for some time. - Compassionate
love (warm and trusting)
