Lifespan Development Final Exam Questions & Answers(GRADED A+)
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Lifespan Development
Emerging Adulthood - ANSWERThe period of life between the ages of 18 & 25. It is now widely thought of as a separate developmental stage.
Extreme Sports - ANSWERForms of recreation that include apparent risk in injury or death and are attractive and thrilling as a result.
Drug Abuse / Addicti...
Lifespan Development Final Exam
Questions & Answers(GRADED A+)
Emerging Adulthood - ANSWERThe period of life between the ages of 18 & 25. It is now widely
thought of as a separate developmental stage.
Extreme Sports - ANSWERForms of recreation that include apparent risk in injury or death and are
attractive and thrilling as a result.
Drug Abuse / Addiction - ANSWERThe ingestion of a drug to the extent that it impairs the user's
biological or psychological well-being.
Postformal Thought - ANSWERA 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 - ANSWERThe possibility that one's appearance or behavior will be misread to
confirm another person's oversimplified, prejudiced attitudes.
Massification - ANSWERThe 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 - ANSWERThe development of ethnic & racial identity.
Personality in Emerging Adulthood - ANSWERContinuity & change are evident. This age is
characterized by years of freedom from a settled lifestyle. New characteristics appear & negative
traits diminish.
Psychological Disorders - ANSWERThe 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 - ANSWERThe 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 - ANSWERHaving so many options that a thoughtful choice becomes difficult, &
regret after making a choice is more likely.
Cohabitation - ANSWERAn arrangement in which a couple live together in a committed romantic
relationship but are not formally married.
Linked Lives - ANSWERLives 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 - ANSWERA 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 - ANSWERThe 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 - ANSWERThe 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 - ANSWERA 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 - ANSWERThe inability to conceive a child after trying for at least a year.
In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) - ANSWERA technique in which ova (egg cells) are surgically removed from
a woman & fertilized with sperm in a laboratory. After the original fertilized cells have divided several
times, they are inserted into the woman's uterus.
Menopause - ANSWERThe time in middle age, usually around 50, when a woman's menstrual
periods cease & the production of estrogen, progesterone, & testosterone drops. Strictly speaking,
menopause is dated 1 year after a woman's last menstrual period.
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