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PSY 275 Final Chp 14
PSY 275 Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Making a permanent commitment to intimate partner, involves giving up some newfound independence redefining identity, strong identity helps, affects friendships, work | Intimacy |
| Loneliness, self-absorption, hesitate to form close ties, fear of losing identity | Isolation |
| In early adulthood life stages men are more likely to be | settling down |
| At the age 30 transition people usually | reevaluate life structure and often focus on underdeveloped aspects |
| According to Vaillant's Adaptation to Life in the 20s there are concerns to what? | Intimacy |
| According to Vaillant's Adaptation to Life in the 70s one is | spiritual and reflective |
| Age-graded expectations for life events, less rigid than in earlier generations is also known as ones | social clock |
| What are some of the gender differences when selecting a mate? | Women look for intelligence, ambition, financials, morals Men look for attractiveness and domestic skill |
| If children had a secure attachment history then they have adult relationships full of | trust, happiness, and friendships |
| Those with an avoidant attachment history have a working model that consists of | stress, independence, mistrust, anxiety about closeness |
| Those with a resistant attachment history have a adult relationship full of | jealousy, desperation, emotional highs and lows |
| What are the three components of Triangular Theory of Love? | Intimacy, passion, and commitment |
| What are the friendships like in early adulthood? | Friends are usually similar to age, sex and share the common interest, experiences. They enhance the self-esteem and siblings are often friends |
| Women are more ___________ in adult relationships with those of the same sex | intimate |
| When does loneliness peak? | late teens |
| What are some personal characteristics of being lonely? | socially anxious, insecure models of attachment, and defeating behaviors/attitudes |
| When someone leaves home, joining families in marriage, and parenthood they are experiencing what part of the family life cycle? | Early adulthood |
| The average age of the children leaving home is (increasing or decreasing?) | decreasing |
| More people are beginning to ______ before marriage | cohabit |
| What is a traditional marriage? | clear division of roles between man and woman |
| What is an Egalitarian marriage? | partners relate as equals |
| Violence occurs in cycles which include what factors? | personality, developmental history, family circumstances, culture |
| True or False: only 70% of married couples are having children | true |
| Why is there a decrease in the amount of married couples having children? | mother's careers, divorce |
| Once starting parenthood, the roles of parents become more | traditional |
| True/False: Roles get more traditional with the second birth | false |
| When an unmarried is living together, sexually intimate it is called | cohabitation |
| True/False: By the age 18-25 most of American's young people do not think they have reached adulthood? | False |
| During the college years, young people are constructing their | identity |
| African-American and Hispanic young people point to what as a major marker of adulthood | supporting and caring for a family |
| What is one of the risks in emerging adulthood? | drug taking |
| With Valient's stages the thirties are dedicated to | career consolidation |
| In their thirties men tend to | settle down |
| According to Vailant, the forties are geared towards | generativity |
| The social clock can be a major reason for | personally change in adulthood |
| When one follows a social clock then it can grant what to young adults? | confidence |
| When one strays away from the social clock then it can do what to young adults? | cause distress |
| What is a major milestone of adult development? | establishing an intimate bond |
| Ture/False: Romantic partners tend to resemble each other | True |