Mod 9&10 Test
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- when does the ratio of males to females first begin to decline?
- during gestation
- dementia is most commonly associated with what disease?
- alzheimers
- evidence suggests that Alzheimers disease may be reduced by what type of supplement treatment?
- estrogen
- Who declines in recall bu not in recognition, memorizing a list of words?
- older adults
- what type of intelligence is involved in the ability to reason speedily and abstractly?
- Fluid
- (True/False)There a no unusually high levels of any distress between transition from early ot middle adulthood
- TRUE
- Social Clock
- culturally preferred timing of social events
- Romantic attraction is influenced by what?
- basic trust, change encounters
- Premarital cohabititation _____ on the probablitiy of divorce compared to those who dont.
- increase
- the best predictor of couples marital satisfaction is the ratio of what?
- positive to negative
- Most moms feel how when the children grow up and leave home?
- happy, empty nest syndrome
- raising children ___ marital satisfaction departing children ____ marital satisfaction
- decreases; increases
- life satisfaction: adolescence compared to adults are_____.
- the same
- Erikson trait: life has been satisfying, meaningful, and worthwhile=?
- integrity
- compared to previous centuries, current western adolescence begins ___ and ends ____.
- earlier;later
- identify a secondary sex characteristic?
- breast,hips, body hairs..etc.
- kohlberg emphasized that human behavior becomes less selfish due to what development?
- moral reasoning
- which moral level: behavior to avoid punishment and attain a concrete reward.
- preconventional
- which moral level: voting because others will think well of the person?
- conventional
- Which moral level: not paying income tax because of sconscience not wanting to support payment of military weapons?
- post conventional
- critics of Kholdbergs theory claim his postconventional morality is more characteristic of which gender?
- men
- according to erikson tust is an issue of what age group and identity is an issue of what age group?
- trust-infancy; identity- adolescence
- which moral level: not cheating on income tax because one fears getting caught and sent to jail?
- preconventional
- which moral levels: avoiding physical punishment?gaining social approval?
-
social-conventional;
avoiding physical punishment-preconventional - which moral level: are communal nations LEAST likely to develop?
- postconventional
- according to erikson: isolation is to___ as role confusion is to ________.
- isolation-intimacy; role confusion-identity
- according to erikson: apathy about occupational future is associated with what characteristic?
- stagnation
- the male answer syndrome is most indicative of mens?
- use of conversation
- True/false: research: HS girls who have the most affectionate relationships with mother/have most intimate relationships
- true
- research: compared with americans 30 years ago american today are likely to marry for the first time when?
- later
- most americans over 65 believe they suffer ___ health problems as others their age
- fewer
- recalling a list of nonsense syllables is easier for a?
- 20 yr old
- what type of intelligence is involved in ones ability to learn and remember meaningful material?
- crystallized
- which is fluid & which is crystallized? morse code v list of state capitals?
- morse code-fluid; capitals-crystallized.
- a 55 year old will preform poorer than a 25 year old on what test?
- abstract reasoning
- what is the porability that a person divorced for the first time will eventually remarry?
- 75%
- employment of american women outside the home and life satisfaction is based on.
- quality of experience
- as individuals progress through adolescence, their sense of identity becomes ___ positive and ____ consistent
- more; more
- girls typically play in ___ groups of boys//girls spend ___ time with friends than boys?
- small; more
- looking for somoneo to share worries, men turn to ___ and women to _____.
- women; women
- progressing through adolscence girls become ___ assertive, and boys become ____ assertive.
- less;more
- compared to 100 years ago , menarche occurs __ in life, and marriage beings ___ in life
- earlier;later
- who focused on cognitive development theory, and who focused on moral development theory?
- cog-piaget; moral-kohlberg
- who focused on cognitive development theory, and who focused on social development theory?
- cog-piaget; soc dev-erikson
- self-reliance is to __ self identity and social connectedness is to ___ self identity
- male; female
- progressing through adulthood females become __ assertive and men become ___ empathetic?
- more; more
- reasearch: american adolescence and their parents: its not clear of __ get along with eachother
- most
- difficulty in naming familiar objects or people could be an early sign of which disease?
- alzhiemers
- accumulated knowledge and verbal skills reflects what type of intelligence?
- crystallized
- from early adulthood crystallized intelligence ___ and fluid intelligence ___.
- increases; decreases
- which age group has the highest emotional instability?
- same throughout adulthood
- level of life satisfaction is highest at which adult age?
- equal throughout
- puberty
- period of sexual maturation
- which moral level: affirmation of self-denied ethical principles?
- postconventional
- ability to think logically about hypothetical situations indicates which cognitive level of functioning?
- formal
- human personality shows the greatest stability during what time frame?
- adulthood
- an irreversible brain disorder marked by deterioration of reasoning and memory is what?
- alzheimers
- according to erikson: feeling that life has no value or signifcance indicates an older person has failed to achieve a sensation?
- integrity