Human Development Final Exam with all Correct &
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What is the main developmental task of early adulthood? ✔Correct Answer-intimacy
Describe emerging adulthood/the transition to early adulthood ✔Correct Answer-Instability,
development is cumulative, time of tremendous change, paths are more variable, self directed, still
socially constrained, organized by task not by age, focus on self and own values, resilience resources,
identity exploration: education, work, love
What are the four markers or characteristics of emerging adulthood? ✔Correct Answer-Transition
into college
Cognitive development
Vocational development
Building relationship: intimacy
What contributes to cognitive development in early adulthood? ✔Correct Answer-
What cognitive changes occur? ✔Correct Answer-Consolidate formal operational thinking:
abstractly think and risky behavior decreases.
What are the improvements described in Perry's theory of "epistemic thought"? ✔Correct Answer-
Epistemic cognition: reflect on knowing how we arrive at facts, beliefs, ideas
From dualistic to relativistic thinking: more practical, integrated, and complex
Pragmatic: knowledge as a tool for action
Greater cognitive-affective complexity
What differences in thinking did Perry observe between those starting and finishing college?
✔Correct Answer-Starting: can be challenging adjustment, exhausting and overwhelming, more
independence ->education becomes more impersonal, requires new skills: self-discipline and coping,
depends on other responsibilities: family, work, etc
Unprecedented opportunity for growth: self guided: active engagement and exploration, "extra-
curricular" enrichment activities, importance of peers, mentors, family
Finishing:Epistemic cognition: reflect on knowing how we arrive at facts, beliefs, ideas;From dualistic
to relativistic thinking: more practical, integrated, and complex; Pragmatic: knowledge as a tool for
action; Greater cognitive-affective complexity
What are the steps or stages in vocational decision-making? ✔Correct Answer-1. Fantasy Stage:
wishes and whims, status, fun and excitement, familiarity
2. Tentative Stage (11-16): interests, capacities, values
3. Realistic Stage(16 and older):
A. Exploration: realities of job market
Historical movement (job availability)
Group membership: disadvantaged youth, women, minority youth
B. Crystallization: requirements of occupational qualifications; credentials, educational attainment,
skills, internship
, Why is work important? ✔Correct Answer-growth, given responsibilities, experiences, questioning,
exploration, wide range of possibilities
Define purpose. Why is purpose important? ✔Correct Answer-Meaning, making world a better
place
Gives you value and self worth
Passion is "flow" which is connected to persistence which is taking all opportunities and exploring all
pathways ✔Correct Answer-What is "flow"? How is flow related to well-being?
✔Correct Answer-Why are friendships and romantic relationships important?
Familiarity (proximity), similarity (compatibility), and status characteristics ✔Correct Answer-Name
three factors that influence attraction.
✔Correct Answer-Name the adult attachment styles, the relationship behavior associated with
each and how they are influenced by childhood attachment.
Passion: sexual attraction
Intimacy: Closeness
Commitment: Investment ✔Correct Answer-Sternberg's triangular/triarchic theory of love.
Learning and development
More time for self, friends, family
Financial freedom ✔Correct Answer-What are some possible benefits to ending a relationship?
Intimacy vs Isolation ✔Correct Answer-According to lecture, what is the overarching
developmental task of the family life cycle?
1. Leaving Home:
Finishing school: living on your own or not
Taking responsibility for decisions
2. Economic self-sufficiency
Holding a full-time job
Close ties to parents (re-negotiated)
3. Early leaving: risk factor
2. Establish the marriage
Significant life transition
Dips in marital satisfaction
Honeymoon effect is over
Seven-year itch
3. Predictors of long-term satisfaction
Start out happy and more mature
Establish communication and problem solving
Maintain sources of enjoyment and fun
What are some common variations of the family life cycle?
Leaving home, finishing school, economic self-sufficiency, early leaving, establishing a marriage
How do people's family relationships change during middle adulthood?
More independent, self-sufficient, take responsibility for decisions, close ties to parents (re-
negotiated) ✔Correct Answer-Describe the family life cycle. What are its phases, and what's going
on during each?
100% Verified Answers |Latest Update |Already
Graded A+
What is the main developmental task of early adulthood? ✔Correct Answer-intimacy
Describe emerging adulthood/the transition to early adulthood ✔Correct Answer-Instability,
development is cumulative, time of tremendous change, paths are more variable, self directed, still
socially constrained, organized by task not by age, focus on self and own values, resilience resources,
identity exploration: education, work, love
What are the four markers or characteristics of emerging adulthood? ✔Correct Answer-Transition
into college
Cognitive development
Vocational development
Building relationship: intimacy
What contributes to cognitive development in early adulthood? ✔Correct Answer-
What cognitive changes occur? ✔Correct Answer-Consolidate formal operational thinking:
abstractly think and risky behavior decreases.
What are the improvements described in Perry's theory of "epistemic thought"? ✔Correct Answer-
Epistemic cognition: reflect on knowing how we arrive at facts, beliefs, ideas
From dualistic to relativistic thinking: more practical, integrated, and complex
Pragmatic: knowledge as a tool for action
Greater cognitive-affective complexity
What differences in thinking did Perry observe between those starting and finishing college?
✔Correct Answer-Starting: can be challenging adjustment, exhausting and overwhelming, more
independence ->education becomes more impersonal, requires new skills: self-discipline and coping,
depends on other responsibilities: family, work, etc
Unprecedented opportunity for growth: self guided: active engagement and exploration, "extra-
curricular" enrichment activities, importance of peers, mentors, family
Finishing:Epistemic cognition: reflect on knowing how we arrive at facts, beliefs, ideas;From dualistic
to relativistic thinking: more practical, integrated, and complex; Pragmatic: knowledge as a tool for
action; Greater cognitive-affective complexity
What are the steps or stages in vocational decision-making? ✔Correct Answer-1. Fantasy Stage:
wishes and whims, status, fun and excitement, familiarity
2. Tentative Stage (11-16): interests, capacities, values
3. Realistic Stage(16 and older):
A. Exploration: realities of job market
Historical movement (job availability)
Group membership: disadvantaged youth, women, minority youth
B. Crystallization: requirements of occupational qualifications; credentials, educational attainment,
skills, internship
, Why is work important? ✔Correct Answer-growth, given responsibilities, experiences, questioning,
exploration, wide range of possibilities
Define purpose. Why is purpose important? ✔Correct Answer-Meaning, making world a better
place
Gives you value and self worth
Passion is "flow" which is connected to persistence which is taking all opportunities and exploring all
pathways ✔Correct Answer-What is "flow"? How is flow related to well-being?
✔Correct Answer-Why are friendships and romantic relationships important?
Familiarity (proximity), similarity (compatibility), and status characteristics ✔Correct Answer-Name
three factors that influence attraction.
✔Correct Answer-Name the adult attachment styles, the relationship behavior associated with
each and how they are influenced by childhood attachment.
Passion: sexual attraction
Intimacy: Closeness
Commitment: Investment ✔Correct Answer-Sternberg's triangular/triarchic theory of love.
Learning and development
More time for self, friends, family
Financial freedom ✔Correct Answer-What are some possible benefits to ending a relationship?
Intimacy vs Isolation ✔Correct Answer-According to lecture, what is the overarching
developmental task of the family life cycle?
1. Leaving Home:
Finishing school: living on your own or not
Taking responsibility for decisions
2. Economic self-sufficiency
Holding a full-time job
Close ties to parents (re-negotiated)
3. Early leaving: risk factor
2. Establish the marriage
Significant life transition
Dips in marital satisfaction
Honeymoon effect is over
Seven-year itch
3. Predictors of long-term satisfaction
Start out happy and more mature
Establish communication and problem solving
Maintain sources of enjoyment and fun
What are some common variations of the family life cycle?
Leaving home, finishing school, economic self-sufficiency, early leaving, establishing a marriage
How do people's family relationships change during middle adulthood?
More independent, self-sufficient, take responsibility for decisions, close ties to parents (re-
negotiated) ✔Correct Answer-Describe the family life cycle. What are its phases, and what's going
on during each?
