Lifespan

Today's "emerging adults" are the generation referred to as
A. late baby boomers
B. gen X
C. baby boomers
D. gen Y

which of the following is not one of the top four disease associated with death?
A. stroke
B. cancer
C. diabetes
D. heart disease

what percentage of all people in the united states believe that the primary purpose of sex is reproduction?
A. 25
B. 65
C. 50
D. 10

a normal weight is
A. between 15 and 20 BMI
B. 50 BMI
C. 100 BMI
D. between 20 and 25 BMI

which perspective attributes the sex difference in eating disorder to low self-esteem and eating as a mean of relieving emotional distress?
A. cognitive theory
B. epigenetic theory
C. behaviorism
D. psychoanalytic theory

Jamie is 6'3'' and weighs 210 pounds. He would be classified as
A. underweight
B. overweight
C. obese
D. normal weight

Of the body systems, which function(s) optimally at the beginning of adulthood?
A. the reproductive, circulatory, and digestive systems
B. the digestive system
C. the reproductive system
D. the circulatory system

Senescence begins:
A. at age 20.
B. in middle age.
C. at age 30.
D. as soon as full growth is reached.

The psychoanalytic experience attributes the development of an eating disorder to:
A. a need to separate psychically from an overbearing mother
B. low self-esteem.
C. genes and evolution.
D. cultural pressure.

Cheryl is 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 120 pounds. She would be classified as:
A. obese.
B. underweight.
C. overweight.
D. normal weight.

Which of the following is necessary for a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa?
a.an intense need to control one's environment b.disturbed body perception
c.a weight less than 85% below normal
d.excessive exercise

A practical skill of postformal thought is the ability to:
A. combine emotions with intuitive thought.
B. combine subjective thoughts from personal experiences with objective thoughts from abstract logic.
C. rely on purely objective, logical thinking in daily life
D. rely on subjective thoughts and perceptions to make postformal decisions.

The ability to come up with many solutions for a problem:
A. shows the importance of being objective.
B. emphasizes the importance of practicality.
C. de-emphasizes the importance of subjectivity.
D. is a hallmark of postformal thought.

In dialectical thought, the end result is to:
A. reach a compromise between two opposing ideas.
B. develop a new idea that integrates both the original viewpoint and opposing viewpoints.
C. decide on the best of two opposing ideas based on factual information.
D. resolve conflict between two opposing ideas with little cognitive change

Moral values are powerfully affected by:
A. culture and era.
B. occupation and political viewpoints
C. culture and people.
D. age and marital status.

How does adult morality change?
A. Adult morality changes intermittently depending on current political issues.
B. The process of moral thinking improves with age.
C. The outcome of moral thinking improves with age.
D. Adult morality doesn't change; once an emerging adult develops morality, it remains constant.

The roles of religion and development of faith in human development:
A. are controversial and not widely accepted by human developmentalists.
B. do not change much once they are established.
C. have not been shown to help people overcome stressful situations.
D. are widely accepted, especially when one is confronted with unsettling life situations.

The most obvious change in colleges worldwide in the last 30 years is the increased enrollment of:
A. Japanese students.
B. Hispanic students.
C. women.
D. working men.

A college education increases a student's cognitive skills in:
A. reasoning and reflecting.
B. dialectical and postformal thinking.
C. All of these answers are correct.
D. knowledge for various professions.

The second phase of a three-phase process of cognitive development in college students is that they:
A. believe that clear and perfect truths exist.
B. question personal and social values, including doubts about the idea of truth.
C. believe that facts are useful steps toward a greater understanding.
D. commit to certain values, even as they realize that their opinions might change.