Lifespan Development - Exam 4
Questions with Correct Answers
Valeria is 21 years old. She is a college student who still lives at home with her mother.
She works part-time but does not earn enough to support herself. Valeria feels like she
is no longer an adolescent, but she does not really feel like an adult. We would say that
Valeria is in:
a. Emerging adulthood.
b. Middle age.
c. the Preoperational Stage.
d. Transitional Adulthood. - ANSWERSa. Emerging adulthood.
According to the Life-span Construct, people create Scenarios and have Social Clocks.
Which of the following is an example of a Social Clock?
After I graduate I'll use what I learned in this class in my job as a child counselor.
All the babysitting I am doing now will help me when I have my own children.
The experience I am getting from my internship will help me get a good job.
At age 28 I would like to become a parent. - ANSWERSAt age 28 I would like to
become a parent.
At age 35 a cisgendered woman's:
a. fertility is over: she is now considered to be sterile.
b. risk of aneuploidies is lower than at age 25
c. risk of having a baby with aneuploidies equals the risks from amniocentesis.
d. risk of having a miscarriage finally starts to decline. - ANSWERSc. risk of having a
baby with aneuploidies equals the risks from amniocentesis.
Research on age differences in possible selves demonstrates that the most important
hoped-for self for young adults in their 20s is ________. This lends support to Erikson's
dilemma of young adulthood.
a. continuing to do good work at their jobs
b. marrying the right person and being a spouse.
c. letting go of children as they grow up
d. being a more caring person - ANSWERSb. marrying the right person and being a
spouse.
IF NOT, TRY
c. letting go of children as they grow up
, It is during the young adult years that people are most likely to first experience:
a. all of the choices are correct.
b. the psychotic breaks associated with schizophrenia.
c. postpartum depression associated with childbirth..
d. panic attacks associated with panic disorder. - ANSWERSa. all of the choices are
correct.
In the U.S.A. ________________ is the most common rite of passage, as it is in most
cultures. Adults who have not experienced this rite of passage may feel like they are not
yet fully adults.
high school graduation
getting your driver's license
marriage
losing your first tooth - ANSWERSmarriage
Oona is a woman who is a returning adult student. According to research on women
who are returning students we would expect that she:
is a person over the age of 15 who is attending college.
will learn a lot of facts but will be unlikely to experience self-discovery in college.
views attending college as a marker of her adulthood.
finds that her life-experience relates to her college classes. - ANSWERSfinds that her
life-experience relates to her college classes.
Young adult men who are ____________ have the lowest risk of death between the
ages of 25-34.
from multiple racial backgrounds
Black/African American
Asian
Latino - ANSWERSAsian
Young adults sometimes engage in unhealthful behaviors. Which of the following
statements about those behaviors is correct?
Too much stress can cause cortisol weight gain around the wrists and ankles.
A young adult is a heavy drinker if he or she has one alcoholic drink every day.
Young adults smoke cigarettes, but tobacco use doesn't peak until the 50s.
One-on-one intervention for high-risk college students decreases binge drinking. -
ANSWERSOne-on-one intervention for high-risk college students decreases binge
drinking.
IF NOT, TRY
Questions with Correct Answers
Valeria is 21 years old. She is a college student who still lives at home with her mother.
She works part-time but does not earn enough to support herself. Valeria feels like she
is no longer an adolescent, but she does not really feel like an adult. We would say that
Valeria is in:
a. Emerging adulthood.
b. Middle age.
c. the Preoperational Stage.
d. Transitional Adulthood. - ANSWERSa. Emerging adulthood.
According to the Life-span Construct, people create Scenarios and have Social Clocks.
Which of the following is an example of a Social Clock?
After I graduate I'll use what I learned in this class in my job as a child counselor.
All the babysitting I am doing now will help me when I have my own children.
The experience I am getting from my internship will help me get a good job.
At age 28 I would like to become a parent. - ANSWERSAt age 28 I would like to
become a parent.
At age 35 a cisgendered woman's:
a. fertility is over: she is now considered to be sterile.
b. risk of aneuploidies is lower than at age 25
c. risk of having a baby with aneuploidies equals the risks from amniocentesis.
d. risk of having a miscarriage finally starts to decline. - ANSWERSc. risk of having a
baby with aneuploidies equals the risks from amniocentesis.
Research on age differences in possible selves demonstrates that the most important
hoped-for self for young adults in their 20s is ________. This lends support to Erikson's
dilemma of young adulthood.
a. continuing to do good work at their jobs
b. marrying the right person and being a spouse.
c. letting go of children as they grow up
d. being a more caring person - ANSWERSb. marrying the right person and being a
spouse.
IF NOT, TRY
c. letting go of children as they grow up
, It is during the young adult years that people are most likely to first experience:
a. all of the choices are correct.
b. the psychotic breaks associated with schizophrenia.
c. postpartum depression associated with childbirth..
d. panic attacks associated with panic disorder. - ANSWERSa. all of the choices are
correct.
In the U.S.A. ________________ is the most common rite of passage, as it is in most
cultures. Adults who have not experienced this rite of passage may feel like they are not
yet fully adults.
high school graduation
getting your driver's license
marriage
losing your first tooth - ANSWERSmarriage
Oona is a woman who is a returning adult student. According to research on women
who are returning students we would expect that she:
is a person over the age of 15 who is attending college.
will learn a lot of facts but will be unlikely to experience self-discovery in college.
views attending college as a marker of her adulthood.
finds that her life-experience relates to her college classes. - ANSWERSfinds that her
life-experience relates to her college classes.
Young adult men who are ____________ have the lowest risk of death between the
ages of 25-34.
from multiple racial backgrounds
Black/African American
Asian
Latino - ANSWERSAsian
Young adults sometimes engage in unhealthful behaviors. Which of the following
statements about those behaviors is correct?
Too much stress can cause cortisol weight gain around the wrists and ankles.
A young adult is a heavy drinker if he or she has one alcoholic drink every day.
Young adults smoke cigarettes, but tobacco use doesn't peak until the 50s.
One-on-one intervention for high-risk college students decreases binge drinking. -
ANSWERSOne-on-one intervention for high-risk college students decreases binge
drinking.
IF NOT, TRY
