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LSDP
life span dev psych Ch 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The collective term for a variety of medical interventions that can help infertile couples become pregnant. | assisted reproductive technologies (ART) |
| A stage that is entered between the ages of 20 and 40 when young adults become centered on their careers. | career consolidation |
| The effort to control, reduce, or learn to tolerate the threats that lead to stress. | coping |
| A cognitive process that is the most advanced type of thinking. It involves a thesis, antithesis, and synthesis. | dialectical thought |
| A person’s ability to reproduce. | fertility |
| The motivation to achieve. In young adulthood, it is achieved primarily through employment and parenthood. | generativity |
| The lack of a successful pregnancy after one year of regular intercourse without contraception. | infertility |
| Erikson’s sixth stage of development. Adults seek someone with whom to share their lives in an enduring and self-sacrificing commitment. Without such commitment, they risk profound aloneness and isolation. | intimacy versus isolation |
| A condition that results from recurring pelvic infections and often leads to blocked fallopian tubes, which can then lead to infertility. | pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) |
| .Piaget’s cognitive stage characterized by consideration of all aspects of a situation, noting difficulties and findings problems but not being stopped by them. | postformal thought |
| The natural physical decline brought about by aging. | senescence |
| The response to events that threaten or challenge an individual. | stress |
| Sternberg’s theory that intelligence is made up of three major components: componential, experiential, and contextual. | triarchic theory of intelligence |
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