| 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 |
