Today's "emerging adults" are the generation referred to as
D. gen Y
which of the following is not one of the top four disease associated with death?
C. diabetes
what percentage of all people in the united states believe that the primary purpose of sex is reproduction?
A. 25
a normal weight is
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?
C. behaviorism
Jamie is 6'3'' and weighs 210 pounds. He would be classified as
B. overweight
Of the body systems, which function(s) optimally at the beginning of adulthood?
A. the reproductive, circulatory, and digestive systems
Senescence begins:
D. as soon as full growth is reached
The psychoanalytic experience attributes the development of an eating disorder to:
A. a need to seperate phsychically from an overbearing mother
Cheryl is 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 120 pounds. She would be classified as:
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
c. a weight less than 85% below normal
A practical skill of postformal thought is the ability to:
B. combine subjective thoughts from personal experiences with objective thoughts from abstract logic
The ability to come up with many solutions for a problem:
D. is a hallmark of postformal thought
In dialectical thought, the end result is to:
B. develop a new idea that integrates both the original viewpoint and opposing viewpoints
Moral values are powerfully affected by:
A. culture and era
How does adult morality change?
B. the process of moral thinking improves with age
The roles of religion and development of faith in human development:
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:
C. women
A college education increases a student's cognitive skills in:
C. all
The second phase of a three-phase process of cognitive development in college students is that they:
B. question personal and social values, including doubts about the idea of truth.