Question 1

Which of the following is true of the "sandwich generation"?​

Accepted Answer

A)   Sons always assume the major responsibility for caring for their parents than daughters.
B)   They do not help out with grandchildren.
C)   It consists of middle-aged children having the burden of caring for young children and aging parents.
D)   It occurs when parents have to care for their children and their grandchildren at the same time.

Question 2

Cross-cultural research on the "big five"personality factors has shown that:​

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A)   most personality characteristics are derived genetically from parents.
B)   personality is learned within the first five years of life.
C)   the expression of personality traits remains unaffected by culture.
D)   the factors are related to people's basic temperaments, which are largely inborn.

Question 3

Which of the following will have a moderating effect on stressful life events?​

Accepted Answer

A)   Having a greater number of life events occur at one time
B)   Having understanding and supportive family members
C)   Having few resources to tackle the challenges posed by the life events
D)   Using alcohol to help "relax"

Question 4

Which of the following is true of the research on the stability of the five personality factors as proposed by Costa and McCrae?​

Accepted Answer

A)   Extraverted adults tend to become far more introverted as they get older.
B)   Agreeableness increases during the later years.
C)   Neuroticism declines during middle adulthood.
D)   Conscientiousness tends to decrease in early and middle adulthood. B

Question 5

According to Daniel Levinson and his colleagues, the years from 40 to 45 comprise a midlife transition.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Most people who change their careers do so in _________.

Accepted Answer

A)   middle adulthood
B)   late adulthood
C)   adolescence
D)   young adulthood

Question 7

According to Levinson, which of the following is true of middle adulthood?​

Accepted Answer

A)   In this stage, people are likely to experience a midlife crisis.
B)   In this stage, people have more to look forward to than look back upon.
C)   In this stage, people experience happiness due to the knowledge that they are approaching the end of their work years.
D)   In this stage, menopause is seen as a positive event by women.

Question 8

In a study administered by Alyssa Zucker and her colleagues to college-educated women, it was found that _________ was higher in the 40s than in the 20s.

Accepted Answer

A)   generativity
B)   confident power
C)   personal distress
D)   identity certainty

Question 9

Discuss how unemployment affects middle-aged adults.

Accepted Answer

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Question 10

Which of the following is a difference between friendships in men and friendships in women?​

Accepted Answer

A)   Male friends are likely to be more competitive in friendships while female friends are less likely to be competitive.
B)   Male friends are more likely to be intimate in friendships while female friends are less likely to be intimate in friendships.
C)   Men who have greater physical strength have fewer friends while women who have lesser physical strength have many friends.
D)   Men who have fewer friends are less likely to be depressed while women who have more friends are more likely to be depressed.

Question 11

Which of the following is true of the findings of cross-cultural research on grandparenting?

Accepted Answer

A)   Grandchildren spend more time with grandfathers than grandmothers.
B)   Grandchildren tend to be more involved with their mother's parents.
C)   Children state they value their grandfathers less than their grandmothers.
D)   The sex of the grandchildren typically influences which grandparent children gravitate to.

Question 12

_____ refers to a syndrome wherein some children fail to leave home even by age 30.

Accepted Answer

A)   Failure to thrive
B)   Midlife transition
C)   Empty nest syndrome
D)   Failure to launch D

Question 13

According to Erikson's psychosocial theory, which of the following is true of stagnation in middle adulthood?​

Accepted Answer

A)   In this stage, adults reject their natural drive to bear children.
B)   In this stage, adults lose the drive to work.
C)   In this stage, adults experience a sudden shift in personality.
D)   In this stage, adults lose the drive to live.

Question 14

Which of the following is true of the findings of a study of 200 adults by Van Hiel and colleagues?​

Accepted Answer

A)   Havighurst's developmental tasks did not apply to middle adulthood.
B)   Stagnation and generativity were direct opposites of each other.
C)   Erikson's developmental crises were highly correlated with Freud's psychosexual stages of development.
D)   The more generative group scored significantly higher on conscientiousness.

Question 15

Van Hiel and colleagues found that those research participants who had the highest level of what Erikson would call stagnation scored significantly higher in the personality variable of _________.

Accepted Answer

A)   neuroticism
B)   conscientiousness
C)   agreeableness
D)   extraversion

Question 16

Which of the following is true of career change in middle adulthood?​

Accepted Answer

A)   It often involves change into related areas.
B)   It occurs more often in middle adulthood than in early adulthood.
C)   It is rarely voluntary.
D)   It is always associated with negative changes in one's mental health. A

Question 17

In the context of unemployment, which of the following is true of the findings of a study conducted on married women?

Accepted Answer

A)   Older women were more likely than younger women to take a job that they did not like as long as the pay was reasonable.
B)   Older women were more likely to accept jobs that interfered with their home life.
C)   Older women were least likely to experience declines in their well-being due to unemployment than younger women.
D)   Older women were least likely to suffer financial strain following the loss of employment.

Question 18

The life-events approach to middle adulthood focuses on:​

Accepted Answer

A)   various stages of life.
B)   challenges and changes that people face in this time.
C)   the mental changes that occur due to the midlife crisis defined by Levinson.
D)   the outcome of the glass ceiling effect on middle-aged women.

Question 19

When young adults are 'launched' from their home:​

Accepted Answer

A)   they are usually depressed for a while.
B)   they are usually completely financially independent of their parents.
C)   parents are usually dissatisfied with their children living apart even if they call or e-mail regularly.
D)   parents still may have some influence over their children's choices.

Question 20

Women are more likely than men not to have friends or other close social relationships during midlife.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 16: Middle Adulthood: Social and Emotional Development

Which of the following is true of the "sandwich generation"?​

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Cross-cultural research on the "big five"personality factors has shown that:​

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Which of the following will have a moderating effect on stressful life events?​

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Which of the following is true of the research on the stability of the five personality factors as proposed by Costa and McCrae?​

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According to Daniel Levinson and his colleagues, the years from 40 to 45 comprise a midlife transition.

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Most people who change their careers do so in _________.

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According to Levinson, which of the following is true of middle adulthood?​

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In a study administered by Alyssa Zucker and her colleagues to college-educated women, it was found that _________ was higher in the 40s than in the 20s.

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Discuss how unemployment affects middle-aged adults.

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Which of the following is a difference between friendships in men and friendships in women?​

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Which of the following is true of the findings of cross-cultural research on grandparenting?

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_____ refers to a syndrome wherein some children fail to leave home even by age 30.

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According to Erikson's psychosocial theory, which of the following is true of stagnation in middle adulthood?​

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Which of the following is true of the findings of a study of 200 adults by Van Hiel and colleagues?​

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Van Hiel and colleagues found that those research participants who had the highest level of what Erikson would call stagnation scored significantly higher in the personality variable of _________.

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Which of the following is true of career change in middle adulthood?​

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In the context of unemployment, which of the following is true of the findings of a study conducted on married women?

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The life-events approach to middle adulthood focuses on:​

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