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Experience Human Development
Chapter 13 Questions with Correct
Answers for Specific Exam Mail
emerging adulthood
Ans: proposed transitional period between adolescence
and adulthood commonly found in industrialized
countries; time during which young people are no longer
adolescents but have not yet settled into adult roles
risky drinking
Ans: consuming more than 14 drinks a week or 4 drinks on
any single day for men, and more than 7 drinks a week or
3 drinks on any single day for women
alcoholism
Ans: chronic disease involving dependence on use of
alcohol, causing interference with normal functioning and
fulfillment of obligations
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premenstrual syndrome (PMS)
Ans: disorder producing symptoms of physical discomfort
and emotional tension for up to 2 weeks before a
menstrual period
infertility
Ans: inability to conceive a child after 12 months of
sexual intercourse without the use of birth control
reflective thinking
Ans: abstract reasoning - type of idealogical thinking that
becomes more prominent in adulthood, involving
continuous, active evaluation of information and beliefs in
the light of evidence and implications
post formal thought
Ans: mature type of thinning that relies on subjective
experience and intuition as well as logic and allows room
for ambiguity, uncertainty, inconsistency, contradiction,
imperfection, and compromise
Pretest - Stuvia US
Experience Human Development
Chapter 13 Questions with Correct
Answers for Specific Exam Mail
emerging adulthood
Ans: proposed transitional period between adolescence
and adulthood commonly found in industrialized
countries; time during which young people are no longer
adolescents but have not yet settled into adult roles
risky drinking
Ans: consuming more than 14 drinks a week or 4 drinks on
any single day for men, and more than 7 drinks a week or
3 drinks on any single day for women
alcoholism
Ans: chronic disease involving dependence on use of
alcohol, causing interference with normal functioning and
fulfillment of obligations
Pretest - Stuvia US
, 2
premenstrual syndrome (PMS)
Ans: disorder producing symptoms of physical discomfort
and emotional tension for up to 2 weeks before a
menstrual period
infertility
Ans: inability to conceive a child after 12 months of
sexual intercourse without the use of birth control
reflective thinking
Ans: abstract reasoning - type of idealogical thinking that
becomes more prominent in adulthood, involving
continuous, active evaluation of information and beliefs in
the light of evidence and implications
post formal thought
Ans: mature type of thinning that relies on subjective
experience and intuition as well as logic and allows room
for ambiguity, uncertainty, inconsistency, contradiction,
imperfection, and compromise
Pretest - Stuvia US
