PSY 130 Final EXAM Questions solved
100% Correct (latest update 2025).
_____ is an intrinsic motive for working.
-Money
-Insurance
-Future security
-Talent development - ✔✔Talent development
The first stage in Donald Super's theory of career development is the _____.
-fantasy stage
-maintenance stage
-tentative choice stage
-realistic choice stage - ✔✔fantasy stage
True or false: According to Erik Erikson, the central conflict or life crisis of early adulthood in
which a person develops an intimate relationship with a significant other or risks heading
down a path toward social isolation is called industry versus inferiority. - ✔✔False
True or false: According to Sternberg, liking someone is associated with intimacy alone,
without passion or long-term commitment. - ✔✔True
, True or false: Today, single people are more likely to be perceived as socially inadequate or as
failures. - ✔✔False
Which of the following best describes the boomerang generation?
-It refers to young adults who were born right after the Second World War.
-It refers to young adults who reject the traditional norms and values of their parents in
order to establish a new social order.
-It refers to young adults who return home to live with parents for financial reasons even after
graduating college.
-It refers to young adults who venture out on their own after graduating college - ✔✔It
refers to young adults who return home to live with parents for financial reasons even
after graduating college.
Felix is in the stage of early adulthood. In the context of studies conducted by Erik Erikson on
the stages of life, the core conflict he is likely to face is _____.
-intimacy versus isolation
-superiority versus inferiority
-autonomy versus dependence
-attempt versus abstinence - ✔✔intimacy versus isolation
Many young adults adopt what Levinson calls _____, the drive to become someone, to leave
one's mark on history—which serves as a tentative blueprint for life.
-ethnocentrism
-the dream
-the self-fulfilling prophecy
-the personal fable - ✔✔the dream
Which of the following statements is true of physical attractiveness?
-Research shows that physical attractiveness is not a major determinant of interpersonal
attraction.
100% Correct (latest update 2025).
_____ is an intrinsic motive for working.
-Money
-Insurance
-Future security
-Talent development - ✔✔Talent development
The first stage in Donald Super's theory of career development is the _____.
-fantasy stage
-maintenance stage
-tentative choice stage
-realistic choice stage - ✔✔fantasy stage
True or false: According to Erik Erikson, the central conflict or life crisis of early adulthood in
which a person develops an intimate relationship with a significant other or risks heading
down a path toward social isolation is called industry versus inferiority. - ✔✔False
True or false: According to Sternberg, liking someone is associated with intimacy alone,
without passion or long-term commitment. - ✔✔True
, True or false: Today, single people are more likely to be perceived as socially inadequate or as
failures. - ✔✔False
Which of the following best describes the boomerang generation?
-It refers to young adults who were born right after the Second World War.
-It refers to young adults who reject the traditional norms and values of their parents in
order to establish a new social order.
-It refers to young adults who return home to live with parents for financial reasons even after
graduating college.
-It refers to young adults who venture out on their own after graduating college - ✔✔It
refers to young adults who return home to live with parents for financial reasons even
after graduating college.
Felix is in the stage of early adulthood. In the context of studies conducted by Erik Erikson on
the stages of life, the core conflict he is likely to face is _____.
-intimacy versus isolation
-superiority versus inferiority
-autonomy versus dependence
-attempt versus abstinence - ✔✔intimacy versus isolation
Many young adults adopt what Levinson calls _____, the drive to become someone, to leave
one's mark on history—which serves as a tentative blueprint for life.
-ethnocentrism
-the dream
-the self-fulfilling prophecy
-the personal fable - ✔✔the dream
Which of the following statements is true of physical attractiveness?
-Research shows that physical attractiveness is not a major determinant of interpersonal
attraction.
