PSY 230 EXAM 3 | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
2025/2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION!!
emerging adulthood Answer - phase of life that begins after high school, tapers
off toward the late twenties, and is devoted to constructing an adult life.
what are the tasks of emerging adulthood Answer - take control of ourselves
and act like "real adults
Eriksons's identity Answer - deciding whom to be as a person in making the
transition to adulthood
Erikson's role confusion Answer - failure in identity formation, marked by the
lack of any sense of a future adult path.
Marcia's Four Identity Statuses Answer - diffusion, foreclosure, moratorium,
achievement
identity diffusion Answer - he person is aimless or feels totally blocked,
without any adult life path
identity foreclosure Answer - person decides on an adult life path (often one
spelled out by an authority figure) without any thought or active search
, moratorium Answer - actively seeks out various possibilities to find a truly solid
adult life path. A mature style of constructing an identity
identity achievement Answer - the person decides on a definite adult life path
after searching out various options
Mihalyi Csikszenthmihalyi's flow Answer - term for feeling total absorption in a
challenging, goal-oriented activity
current trends in young adult romantic relationships Answer - -same sex
relationships
-less parent involement
-extended dating phase
what type of relationships aremost likely to last? Answer - a partner who
emobodies your ideal self with a secure attachment style
adult attachment styles Answer - The different ways in which adults relate to
romantic partners, based on Mary Ainsworth's infant attachment styles (Adult
attachment styles are classified as secure, preoccupied/ambivalent insecure, or
avoidant/dismissive insecure).
preoccupied/ambivalent insecure attachment Answer - an excessively clingy,
needy style of relating to loved ones
avoidant/dismissive insecure attachment Answer - a standoffish, excessively
disengaged style of relating to loved ones
secure attachment Answer - the genuine intimacy that is ideal in love
relationships
2025/2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION!!
emerging adulthood Answer - phase of life that begins after high school, tapers
off toward the late twenties, and is devoted to constructing an adult life.
what are the tasks of emerging adulthood Answer - take control of ourselves
and act like "real adults
Eriksons's identity Answer - deciding whom to be as a person in making the
transition to adulthood
Erikson's role confusion Answer - failure in identity formation, marked by the
lack of any sense of a future adult path.
Marcia's Four Identity Statuses Answer - diffusion, foreclosure, moratorium,
achievement
identity diffusion Answer - he person is aimless or feels totally blocked,
without any adult life path
identity foreclosure Answer - person decides on an adult life path (often one
spelled out by an authority figure) without any thought or active search
, moratorium Answer - actively seeks out various possibilities to find a truly solid
adult life path. A mature style of constructing an identity
identity achievement Answer - the person decides on a definite adult life path
after searching out various options
Mihalyi Csikszenthmihalyi's flow Answer - term for feeling total absorption in a
challenging, goal-oriented activity
current trends in young adult romantic relationships Answer - -same sex
relationships
-less parent involement
-extended dating phase
what type of relationships aremost likely to last? Answer - a partner who
emobodies your ideal self with a secure attachment style
adult attachment styles Answer - The different ways in which adults relate to
romantic partners, based on Mary Ainsworth's infant attachment styles (Adult
attachment styles are classified as secure, preoccupied/ambivalent insecure, or
avoidant/dismissive insecure).
preoccupied/ambivalent insecure attachment Answer - an excessively clingy,
needy style of relating to loved ones
avoidant/dismissive insecure attachment Answer - a standoffish, excessively
disengaged style of relating to loved ones
secure attachment Answer - the genuine intimacy that is ideal in love
relationships
