EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED CORRECT
ANSWERS (2025/2026 EDITION)
◉ self-identity (intrinsic reason for working) - occupational identity
can become intertwined with our self-identity
◉ self-fullfillment (intrinsic reason for working) - we often express
our personal needs and interests through our work
◉ self-worth (intrinsic reason for working) - recognition and
respect for a job well done contribute to self-esteem
◉ Socialization (intrinsic reason for working) - workplace extends
our social contact
◉ public roles (intrinsic reason for working) - work roles help
define our functions in the community
◉ Individuation - the young adult's process of becoming an
individual by means of integrating his or her own values and beliefs
with those of his or her parents and society at large
,◉ Intimacy vs. Isolation - Erikson's stage in which individuals form
deeply personal relationships, marry, begin families
◉ Reciprocity - the tendency for people to return in kind the feelings
that are shown toward them
◉ romantic love - intimacy and passion
◉ intimacy - the experience of warmth toward another person that
arises from feelings of closeness and connectedness
◉ passion - intense romantic or sexual desire for another person
◉ commitment - the decision to devote oneself to a cause or another
person
◉ serial monogamy - a series of exclusive sexual relationships
◉ Celibacy - abstinence from sex
◉ Cohabitation - Living together without being married
◉ monogamy - Marriage to only one person at a time
, ◉ Polygamy - marriage to several people at the same time
◉ Homogamy - marriage between people with the same social
characteristics
◉ leading cause of divorce - financial and emotional problems
◉ Middle adulthood - 40-65 years
◉ leading cause of death of middle adulthood - cancer and heart
disease
◉ individual variability - the fact that people do not age in the same
way or at the same rate
◉ presbyopia - farsightedness caused by loss of elasticity of the lens
of the eye, occurring typically in middle and old age.
◉ Signs of a heart attack - Intense, prolong chest pain
Shortness of breath
Sweating
Nausea and vomiting