Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Lifespan 17,18,19
Berger
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The state of physical decline, in which the body gradually becomes less strong and eficient with age. | senescence |
| A particular body weight that an individual's homeostatic processes strive to maintain. | set point |
| A proposed adult stage of cognitive development, following Piaget's four stages, which is more practical, more flexible, and more dialectical--capable of combining contradictory elements into a comprehensive whole--than is adolescent thinking. | postformal stage |
| A kind of thinking that arises from the personal experiences and perceptions of an individual. | subjective thought |
| A kind of thinking that follows abstract, impersonal logic. | objective thought |
| The possibility that one's appearance or behavior will be misused to confirm another person's oversimplified, prejudiced attitude. | stereotype threat |
| The most advanced cognitive process, characterized by the ability to consider a thesis and its antithesis simultaneously and thus to arrive at a synthesis. | dialectical thought |
| A proposition or statement of belief; the first stage of the process of dialectical thinking. | thesis |
| A proposition or statement of belief that opposes the thesis; the second stage fo the process of dialectical thinking. | antithesis |
| A new idea that integrates the thesis and its antithesis, thus representing a new and more comprehensive level of truth; the third stage of the process of dialectical thinking. | synthesis |
| A series of questions developed by James Rest and designed to assess respondents' level of moral development by having them rank possible solutions to moral dilemmas. | defining issues test |
| Refers to the idea that the stages of life, and the behaviors appropriate to them, are set by social standards rather than by biological maturation. | social clock |
| The various qualities, such as appearance and proximity, that are prerequisites for the foramtion of close friendships and intimate relationships. | gateways to attraction |
| A person's reasons for omitting certain people from consideration as close friends or partners. | exclusion criteria |
| Defined by developmentalists as marriage between individuals who tend to be similar with respect to such variables as attitudes, interests, goals, socioeconomic status, religion, ethnic background, and local origin. | homogamy |
| Defined by developmentalists as marriage between individuals who tend to be dissimilar with respect to such variables as attitudes, interests, goals, socioeconomic status, religion, ethnic background, and local origin. | heterogamy |
| The similarity of a couple's leisure interests and role preferance. | social homogamy |
| The view that social behavior is a process of exchange aimed at maximizing the benefits one receives and minimzing the costs one pays. | social exchange theory |
| A form of abuse in which one or both partners of a couple engage in outbursts of verbal and physical attack. | common couple violence |
| Spouse abuse in which, most often, the husband uses violent methods of accelerating intesity to isolate, degrade, and punish the wife. | intimate terrorism |
| The stress of multiple obligations tha tmay occur for an adult who is simultaneously a spouse, a parent, and an employee. | role overload |
| A situation in which achievement in one role that an adult plays--spouse, parent, or employee--reduces the impact of disappointments that may occur in other roles. | role buffering |
Created by:
blueangel0693
Popular Psychology sets