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FAD 3220 Chapter 7 Early Adulthood Exam Questions and Answers
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FAD 3220 Chapter 7: Early AdulthoodExam Questions and Answers
Senescene - Answer -The natural physical decline brought about by aging
Secondary aging - Answer -Physical declines brought about by environmental factors or
an individual's behavioral choices.
Physical Disabilities - Answer --More than 50 million people in U.S are physically or
mentally challenged
-People with disabilities are in large part an undereducated and underemployed minority
group
Disability - Answer -a condition that substantially limits a major life activity such as
walking or vision
Stress - Answer -The physical and emotional reposes to events that threaten or
challenge us
Coping - Answer -the effort to control, reduce, or learn to tolerate the threats that lead to
stress
primary appraisal - Answer -the assessment of an event to determine whether its
implications are positive, negative, or neutral
secondary appraisal - Answer -the assessment of whether one's coping abilities and
resources are adequate to overcome the harm, threat, or challenge posed by the
potential stressor
Defensive coping - Answer -coping that involves unconscious strategies that distort or
deny the true nature of a situation
problem-focused coping - Answer -managing a threatening situation by directly
changing it to make it less stressful
Emotion-focused coping - Answer -the conscious regulation of emotion
Emotional insulation - Answer -people unconsciously try to block emotions and thereby
avoid pain
, Postformal thought - Answer -thinking that acknowledges that adult predicaments must
sometimes be solved in relativistic terms
William Perry's approach - Answer --Students entering college tended to use dualistic
thinking—something is right or wrong, good or bad, others are for or against them.
-Later show relativistic thinking--Different societies, cultures, and individuals could have
different standards and values.
Schaie's Stages of Development - Answer -Ways in which information is used during
adulthood
What are Schaie's Stages of Development? - Answer -1.)Acquisitive stage-> acquire
information
2.)Achieving stage-> intelligence applied to specific situations
3.)Responsible stage-> major concerns relate to personal situations
4.)Executive stage -> broader perspective; concerns about the world
5.)Re-integrative stage-> focus on tasks that have personal meaning
Sternberg's Triangular Theory of Love - Answer -intimacy, passion, commitment
intimacy component - Answer -According to Sternberg the component of love that
encompasses feelings of closeness, affection, and connectedness
Passion component - Answer -According to Sternberg the component of love that
comprises the motivational drives relating to sex, physical closeness, and romance
decision/commitment component - Answer -According to Sternberg the third aspect of
love that embodies both the initial cognition that one loves another person and the
longer-term determination to maintain that love
Homogamy - Answer -the tendency to marry someone who is similar in age, race,
education, religion, and other basic demographic characteristics
extrinsic motivation - Answer -motivation that drives people to obtain tangible rewards,
such as money and prestige
intrinsic motivation - Answer -motivation that causes people to work for their own
enjoyment, for personal rewards
Cohabitation - Answer -couples living together without being married
College Adjustment - Answer -First year adjustment reaction:
-Particularly affects unusually successful students in high school
-Passes for most as friends are made and integration into college life occurs
-Serious psychological consequences for few
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