Emerging Adulthood ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓To get Straighterline Life-Span
Development PSY120 Final Proctored Exam Review - DONE APRIL 2025
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The period of life between the ages of 18 & 25. It is now widely thought of as a
separate developmental stage.
Extreme Sports ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Forms of recreation that include
apparent risk in injury or death and are attractive and thrilling as a result.
Drug Abuse / Addiction ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓The ingestion of a drug to
the extent that it impairs the user's biological or psychological well-being.
Postformal Thought ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓A proposed adult stage of
cognitive development, following Piaget's four stages. Postformal thought goes
beyond adolescent thinking by being more practical, more flexible, & more
dialectical (more capable of combining contradictory elements into a
comprehensive whole).
Stereotype Threat ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓The possibility that one's
appearance or behavior will be misread to confirm another person's
oversimplified, prejudiced attitudes.
,Massification ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓The idea that establishing higher
learning institutions & encouraging college enrollment could benefit everyone,
leading to marked increases in the number of emerging adults in college.
Ethnic Identity ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓The development of ethnic & racial
identity.
Personality in Emerging Adulthood ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Continuity &
change are evident. This age is characterized by years of freedom from a settled
lifestyle. New characteristics appear & negative traits diminish.
Psychological Disorders ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓The rate of emotional
disorders rises in emerging adulthood. The causes are thought to include
psychological vulnerability, combined with one's own identity apart from the
family. (schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, suicide, drug addiction)
Intimacy vs. Isolation ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓The 6th of Erikson's 8 stages of
development. Adults seek someone with whom to share their lives in an
enduring and self-sacrificing commitment. Without such commitment they risk
profound loneliness & isolation.
Choice Overload ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Having so many options that a
thoughtful choice becomes difficult, & regret after making a choice is more likely.
Cohabitation ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓An arrangement in which a couple live
together in a committed romantic relationship but are not formally married.
, Linked Lives ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Lives in which the success, health, &
well-being of each family member are connected to those of other members,
including members of another generation, as in the relationship between parents
& children.
Senescence ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓A gradual physical decline related to
aging. It occurs in everyone & in every body part, but the rate of decline is highly
variable within & between persons.
Organ Reserve ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓The extra capacity built into each
organ, such as the heart & lungs, that allows a person to cope with extraordinary
demands or to withstand organ strain.
Homeostasis ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓The adjustment of all the body's systems
to keep physiological functions in a state of equilibrium, moment by moment. As
the body ages, it takes longer for these homeostatic adjustments to occur, so it
becomes harder for older bodies to adapt to stress.
Allostasis ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓A dynamic body adjustment, related to
homeostasis, that over time affects overall physiology. The main difference is
that while homeostasis requires an immediate response, allostasis requires
longer-term adjustment.
Infertility ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓The inability to conceive a child after trying
for at least a year.
Development PSY120 Final Proctored Exam Review - DONE APRIL 2025
(QUESTIONS 1 - 60), visit: https://docmerit.com/doc/show/straighterline-life-
span-development-psy120-final-proctored-exam-review-done-april-2025-
questions-1-60
The period of life between the ages of 18 & 25. It is now widely thought of as a
separate developmental stage.
Extreme Sports ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Forms of recreation that include
apparent risk in injury or death and are attractive and thrilling as a result.
Drug Abuse / Addiction ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓The ingestion of a drug to
the extent that it impairs the user's biological or psychological well-being.
Postformal Thought ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓A proposed adult stage of
cognitive development, following Piaget's four stages. Postformal thought goes
beyond adolescent thinking by being more practical, more flexible, & more
dialectical (more capable of combining contradictory elements into a
comprehensive whole).
Stereotype Threat ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓The possibility that one's
appearance or behavior will be misread to confirm another person's
oversimplified, prejudiced attitudes.
,Massification ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓The idea that establishing higher
learning institutions & encouraging college enrollment could benefit everyone,
leading to marked increases in the number of emerging adults in college.
Ethnic Identity ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓The development of ethnic & racial
identity.
Personality in Emerging Adulthood ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Continuity &
change are evident. This age is characterized by years of freedom from a settled
lifestyle. New characteristics appear & negative traits diminish.
Psychological Disorders ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓The rate of emotional
disorders rises in emerging adulthood. The causes are thought to include
psychological vulnerability, combined with one's own identity apart from the
family. (schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, suicide, drug addiction)
Intimacy vs. Isolation ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓The 6th of Erikson's 8 stages of
development. Adults seek someone with whom to share their lives in an
enduring and self-sacrificing commitment. Without such commitment they risk
profound loneliness & isolation.
Choice Overload ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Having so many options that a
thoughtful choice becomes difficult, & regret after making a choice is more likely.
Cohabitation ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓An arrangement in which a couple live
together in a committed romantic relationship but are not formally married.
, Linked Lives ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Lives in which the success, health, &
well-being of each family member are connected to those of other members,
including members of another generation, as in the relationship between parents
& children.
Senescence ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓A gradual physical decline related to
aging. It occurs in everyone & in every body part, but the rate of decline is highly
variable within & between persons.
Organ Reserve ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓The extra capacity built into each
organ, such as the heart & lungs, that allows a person to cope with extraordinary
demands or to withstand organ strain.
Homeostasis ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓The adjustment of all the body's systems
to keep physiological functions in a state of equilibrium, moment by moment. As
the body ages, it takes longer for these homeostatic adjustments to occur, so it
becomes harder for older bodies to adapt to stress.
Allostasis ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓A dynamic body adjustment, related to
homeostasis, that over time affects overall physiology. The main difference is
that while homeostasis requires an immediate response, allostasis requires
longer-term adjustment.
Infertility ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓The inability to conceive a child after trying
for at least a year.
