PSY 658 FINAL EXAM WITH CORRECT AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS YEAR 2024/2025
Peer relationships - gender differences - verified answers--
Girls: Emotional closeness more common; focus on communal
concerns; but may lead to more mulling over of problems,
making these friendships shorter duration than boys
-Boys: more often gather for an activity (sports and competitive
games); focus on achievement and status. Boys friendships
quality more variable; masculine stereotypes thought to
interfere with these bonds
Early dating - verified answers--hormonal changes of puberty
increase sexual interest
-recreation & achieving peer status early reasons for dating
-typically shallow, stereotyped
-culture, attachment, parental models all impact
-perhaps bc it's shallow and stereotyped, early dating is related
to drug use, delinquency, poor academic achievement --
>combined w/uninvolved parenting & aggressive families, leads
to dating violence (10-20% physically/sexually abused by
dating partners)
-better to stick with group activities at first
Erikson's Intimacy vs Isolation stage - verified answers--evident
in young person's thoughts and feelings about making a long-
term commitment to an intimate partner and in close, mutually
gratifying friendships
-intimacy requires giving up some of independent self and
redefine identity to include both partners' values and interests
, -without intimacy: loneliness and self-absorption
-secure identity fosters attainment of intimacy
-identity moratorium negatively associated with fidelity and love
-with a sense of isolation, one hesitates to form close ties for
fear of loss of one's own identity; tend to compete rather than
cooperate, not accept differences, feel threatened by getting
too close
Romantic partners (early adulthood) - verified answers--people
usually select partners who resemble themselves in other
ways: attitudes, personality, educational plans, intelligence,
mental health, physical attractiveness, height
-Opposites usually do not attract/stay together
-both sexes emphasize mutual attraction, caring, dependability,
emotional maturity, pleasing disposition; men emphasize
physical attractiveness, women emphasize earning capacities
(hetero/homo same)
What does pragmatic thought allow for - verified answers--
Adulthood involves movement from hypothetical to pragmatic
thought, a structural advance where logic becomes a tool for
solving real-world problems
-Need to specialize motivates this change--must *accept
contradictions* as part of existence and develop ways of
thinking that thrive on imperfection and compromise
From slides:
Change and context dependent principles rather than
conformity and lack of context
ANSWERS YEAR 2024/2025
Peer relationships - gender differences - verified answers--
Girls: Emotional closeness more common; focus on communal
concerns; but may lead to more mulling over of problems,
making these friendships shorter duration than boys
-Boys: more often gather for an activity (sports and competitive
games); focus on achievement and status. Boys friendships
quality more variable; masculine stereotypes thought to
interfere with these bonds
Early dating - verified answers--hormonal changes of puberty
increase sexual interest
-recreation & achieving peer status early reasons for dating
-typically shallow, stereotyped
-culture, attachment, parental models all impact
-perhaps bc it's shallow and stereotyped, early dating is related
to drug use, delinquency, poor academic achievement --
>combined w/uninvolved parenting & aggressive families, leads
to dating violence (10-20% physically/sexually abused by
dating partners)
-better to stick with group activities at first
Erikson's Intimacy vs Isolation stage - verified answers--evident
in young person's thoughts and feelings about making a long-
term commitment to an intimate partner and in close, mutually
gratifying friendships
-intimacy requires giving up some of independent self and
redefine identity to include both partners' values and interests
, -without intimacy: loneliness and self-absorption
-secure identity fosters attainment of intimacy
-identity moratorium negatively associated with fidelity and love
-with a sense of isolation, one hesitates to form close ties for
fear of loss of one's own identity; tend to compete rather than
cooperate, not accept differences, feel threatened by getting
too close
Romantic partners (early adulthood) - verified answers--people
usually select partners who resemble themselves in other
ways: attitudes, personality, educational plans, intelligence,
mental health, physical attractiveness, height
-Opposites usually do not attract/stay together
-both sexes emphasize mutual attraction, caring, dependability,
emotional maturity, pleasing disposition; men emphasize
physical attractiveness, women emphasize earning capacities
(hetero/homo same)
What does pragmatic thought allow for - verified answers--
Adulthood involves movement from hypothetical to pragmatic
thought, a structural advance where logic becomes a tool for
solving real-world problems
-Need to specialize motivates this change--must *accept
contradictions* as part of existence and develop ways of
thinking that thrive on imperfection and compromise
From slides:
Change and context dependent principles rather than
conformity and lack of context
