DEP 2004 – HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Longitudinal study - percentage of participants were financially independent by age 25 - ✔✔ a
little more than half
Age of beginning signs of decline in muscle tone and strength - ✔✔ 30 years old
Nature (genetics) vs. nurture (environmental factors) of obesity - ✔✔ Genes play a role in
obesity but so do environmental factors such as the availability of food, and sociocultural factors,
ex low income women tend to be more overweight.
Bachman et al study - findings regarding alcohol and drug use in mid-twenties - ✔✔ Peaks at
21-22 years of age and declines through the rest of the twenties
Phone survey - the most common perpetrator of attempted rape of college women - ✔✔
Someone the victim knew such as a classmate or boyfriend.
Difference between formal operational thought and post-formal thought - ✔✔ Post-formal:
thinking that is reflective, relativistic, contextual, provisional, realistic, and influenced by
emotion
Formal Operational: More logical, abstract, and idealistic
, U.S. workforce trend regarding long-term careers - ✔✔ Service Industry has best outlook
(Technology)
Effects of working while in college - ✔✔ Working more hours results in decreased grades.
Ways in which dual-earner couples changed the division of responsibility for work and family -
✔✔ 1. U.S. men are taking increased responsibility for maintaining the home
2. U.S. women are taking increased responsibility for breadwinning
3. U.S. men are showing greater interest in their families and parenting
Between 1980 and 2004- percentage increase in the number of Latinos and Asian Americans in
the U.S. workplace - ✔✔ It more then doubled in this time frame.
Definition of Temperament - ✔✔ An individual's behavioral style and characteristic emotional
response
With what does secure attachment to parents in childhood correlate - ✔✔ 1. Positive views of
relationships
2. easy to get close to others
3. not overly concerned about or stressed out about romantic relationships
Description of how different attachment styles manifest in adulthood - ✔✔ Avoidant: hesitant
about getting involved in romantic relationships and once they are in a relationship tend to
distance themselves from their partner
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Longitudinal study - percentage of participants were financially independent by age 25 - ✔✔ a
little more than half
Age of beginning signs of decline in muscle tone and strength - ✔✔ 30 years old
Nature (genetics) vs. nurture (environmental factors) of obesity - ✔✔ Genes play a role in
obesity but so do environmental factors such as the availability of food, and sociocultural factors,
ex low income women tend to be more overweight.
Bachman et al study - findings regarding alcohol and drug use in mid-twenties - ✔✔ Peaks at
21-22 years of age and declines through the rest of the twenties
Phone survey - the most common perpetrator of attempted rape of college women - ✔✔
Someone the victim knew such as a classmate or boyfriend.
Difference between formal operational thought and post-formal thought - ✔✔ Post-formal:
thinking that is reflective, relativistic, contextual, provisional, realistic, and influenced by
emotion
Formal Operational: More logical, abstract, and idealistic
, U.S. workforce trend regarding long-term careers - ✔✔ Service Industry has best outlook
(Technology)
Effects of working while in college - ✔✔ Working more hours results in decreased grades.
Ways in which dual-earner couples changed the division of responsibility for work and family -
✔✔ 1. U.S. men are taking increased responsibility for maintaining the home
2. U.S. women are taking increased responsibility for breadwinning
3. U.S. men are showing greater interest in their families and parenting
Between 1980 and 2004- percentage increase in the number of Latinos and Asian Americans in
the U.S. workplace - ✔✔ It more then doubled in this time frame.
Definition of Temperament - ✔✔ An individual's behavioral style and characteristic emotional
response
With what does secure attachment to parents in childhood correlate - ✔✔ 1. Positive views of
relationships
2. easy to get close to others
3. not overly concerned about or stressed out about romantic relationships
Description of how different attachment styles manifest in adulthood - ✔✔ Avoidant: hesitant
about getting involved in romantic relationships and once they are in a relationship tend to
distance themselves from their partner
