Lifespan Development Exam 3 questions
well answered to pass
What is senescence? What changes about the brain occur during this point? - correct answer ✔✔natural
decline of the body that starts in young adulthood; brain matter gets pruned; reaches maximum size and
weight; myelination increases
What is the CDC recommended amount of exercise that people should engage in and what are the
benefits of exercise? - correct answer ✔✔30 minutes 5 days a week; cardiovascular fitness, muscle
strength and body flexibility, osteoporosis reduced, immune response, decreased
stress/anxiety/depression, increased longevity
What is the leading cause of death before age 35 and after age 35 - correct answer ✔✔before- accidents
after- illness
Secondary aging - correct answer ✔✔physical consequences from environmental factors or behavioral
decisions
What is obesity? Why do people typically gain weight during young adulthood? - correct answer
✔✔more than 20% over the avg. weight for your height; ignore nutritional practices
What is stress? What are the consequences of stress? What are psychosomatic disorders? - correct
answer ✔✔Response to events that threaten or challenge an individual; increases risk of becoming ill
and lowers rate of recovery from illness; psychosomatic- caused by psychological, emotional, and
physical difficulties (e.g. ulcers, high blood pressure)
Primary and secondary appraisals of stress - correct answer ✔✔primary- determining if stressor is
positive, negative, or neutral
secondary- assessing if you have the resources to overcome the challenge
4 types of coping with stress - correct answer ✔✔problem-focused: directly changing the situation
, emotion-focused: conscious regulation of emotion
social support: assistance and comfort from others
defensive coping: unconscious, distort or deny the reality of the situation
What personality characteristic is associated with a lower rate of stress-related illness? - correct answer
✔✔hardiness
What defines "postformal thought"? - correct answer ✔✔thinking changes beyond adolescence into
early adulthood; thought based on practical experiences, not just logic; shift away from DUALISTIC
thinking where there is a clear right and wrong to RELATIVISTIC thinking = thinking about world in less
rigid more complex ways with no clear right or wrong; and dialectical thinking = interest and
appreciation for debate/hearing differing counterpoints to an argument, shifting of thought between
ideal solutions and practical solutions
What is first-year adjustment reaction and who is impacted the most by it? - correct answer
✔✔loneliness, depression, anxiety; affects especially first generation college students
What are social clocks? - correct answer ✔✔recording the major milestones of life
What did Ravenna Helson discover in her research of women's social clocks? - correct answer ✔✔the
best outcomes associated with focusing on work or family and negative outcomes if women are not
strongly focused on either social clock of work or family
Erikson's Intimacy vs. Isolation Stage; when does it occur? - correct answer ✔✔young adulthood; close,
intimate relationship with others (selflessness, sexuality, devotion) vs. isolation- feelings of loneliness
and fearful of relationships, caused by lack of self-identity
Companionate love and passionate love - correct answer ✔✔companionate- strong affection for those
with whom our lives are deeply involved
passionate- powerful absorption in someone
Labeling theory of passionate love - correct answer ✔✔experience of romantic love involves
experiencing both intense physiological arousal AND situational clues/ labels suggesting that arousal is
due to love
well answered to pass
What is senescence? What changes about the brain occur during this point? - correct answer ✔✔natural
decline of the body that starts in young adulthood; brain matter gets pruned; reaches maximum size and
weight; myelination increases
What is the CDC recommended amount of exercise that people should engage in and what are the
benefits of exercise? - correct answer ✔✔30 minutes 5 days a week; cardiovascular fitness, muscle
strength and body flexibility, osteoporosis reduced, immune response, decreased
stress/anxiety/depression, increased longevity
What is the leading cause of death before age 35 and after age 35 - correct answer ✔✔before- accidents
after- illness
Secondary aging - correct answer ✔✔physical consequences from environmental factors or behavioral
decisions
What is obesity? Why do people typically gain weight during young adulthood? - correct answer
✔✔more than 20% over the avg. weight for your height; ignore nutritional practices
What is stress? What are the consequences of stress? What are psychosomatic disorders? - correct
answer ✔✔Response to events that threaten or challenge an individual; increases risk of becoming ill
and lowers rate of recovery from illness; psychosomatic- caused by psychological, emotional, and
physical difficulties (e.g. ulcers, high blood pressure)
Primary and secondary appraisals of stress - correct answer ✔✔primary- determining if stressor is
positive, negative, or neutral
secondary- assessing if you have the resources to overcome the challenge
4 types of coping with stress - correct answer ✔✔problem-focused: directly changing the situation
, emotion-focused: conscious regulation of emotion
social support: assistance and comfort from others
defensive coping: unconscious, distort or deny the reality of the situation
What personality characteristic is associated with a lower rate of stress-related illness? - correct answer
✔✔hardiness
What defines "postformal thought"? - correct answer ✔✔thinking changes beyond adolescence into
early adulthood; thought based on practical experiences, not just logic; shift away from DUALISTIC
thinking where there is a clear right and wrong to RELATIVISTIC thinking = thinking about world in less
rigid more complex ways with no clear right or wrong; and dialectical thinking = interest and
appreciation for debate/hearing differing counterpoints to an argument, shifting of thought between
ideal solutions and practical solutions
What is first-year adjustment reaction and who is impacted the most by it? - correct answer
✔✔loneliness, depression, anxiety; affects especially first generation college students
What are social clocks? - correct answer ✔✔recording the major milestones of life
What did Ravenna Helson discover in her research of women's social clocks? - correct answer ✔✔the
best outcomes associated with focusing on work or family and negative outcomes if women are not
strongly focused on either social clock of work or family
Erikson's Intimacy vs. Isolation Stage; when does it occur? - correct answer ✔✔young adulthood; close,
intimate relationship with others (selflessness, sexuality, devotion) vs. isolation- feelings of loneliness
and fearful of relationships, caused by lack of self-identity
Companionate love and passionate love - correct answer ✔✔companionate- strong affection for those
with whom our lives are deeply involved
passionate- powerful absorption in someone
Labeling theory of passionate love - correct answer ✔✔experience of romantic love involves
experiencing both intense physiological arousal AND situational clues/ labels suggesting that arousal is
due to love
