Question 1

According to Daniel Levinson, what are the four major conflicts that an adult male should deal with?

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Question 2

Which of the following is one of the main reasons that grandparents are thrust back into the "parenting" role they thought they had shed?

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A)   spousal abuse
B)   adolescent pregnancies
C)   financial problems
D)   filling the "empty nest"E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 3

Middle adulthood is referred to as the sandwich generation because

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A)   life is very hectic and families rarely have a full meal together.
B)   people expect middle-aged adults to be both wise and mature as well as young and energetic.
C)   middle-aged adults are caught in a conflict between caring more for their spouse's parents than their own.
D)   middle-aged adults may have to care for their own adolescent children as well as their elderly parents.E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 4

Becky is careless, impulsive, and disorganized. According to the Big Five personality factors, Becky is most likely to score low on

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A)   openness to experience.
B)   agreeableness.
C)   neuroticism.
D)   conscientiousness.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 5

What did Levinson's research conclude about women in midlife transition?

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A)   Women have significantly less distress during this process.
B)   Women face the midlife transition earlier and with greater difficulty than do men.
C)   Women who have children experience an easier time during midlife than those who do not have children.
D)   Levinson reported that his stages, transitions, and the crisis of middle age hold for women as well as men.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

According to Levinson, the transition from dependence to independence is marked by the

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A)   realization of a goal.
B)   testing of a dream.
C)   free experimentation of a dream.
D)   formation of a dream.E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 7

Gerard and his sister were never close when growing up. Now that they are adults, it is most likely that their relationship is

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A)   neutral.
B)   close.
C)   distant.
D)   improving.E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 8

Which of the following is true of middle-aged and older adults who had poor sibling relationships in childhood?

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A)   Men are more likely to develop depression by age 50.
B)   Women are more likely to develop depression by 40.
C)   Both men and women tend to re-bond with their siblings during middle age.
D)   Women tend to move away from sibling relationships.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 9

According to the Big Five factors of personality, which of the following personality supertraits describes an individual as either secure or insecure?

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A)   neuroticism
B)   agreeableness
C)   openness
D)   extraversionE) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 10

According to the contemporary life-events approach, one of the factors on which the influence of life events depends is the

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A)   individual's cognitive capacity.
B)   individual's adaptation.
C)   individual's personality.
D)   individual's race.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 11

According to Levinson, identify a major task that must be mastered in early adulthood.

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A)   reaching the pinnacle of one's career
B)   developing a stable life structure
C)   focusing on family development
D)   forming an image of one's careerE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 12

Vaillant's research showed that at age 50, the best predictors of who would be dead at 75 to 80 years of age were

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A)   chronic depression and cardiovascular disease.
B)   diabetes and depression.
C)   alcohol abuse and smoking.
D)   smoking and obesity.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 13

In the context of intergenerational relationships, which of the following is a finding of a study by Rossi?

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A)   Fathers and their sons have a much closer relationship during their adult years than fathers and daughters.
B)   Men's relationships across generations are typically closer than other family bonds.
C)   Fathers' intergenerational ties are more influential for grandparent-grandchild relationships than mothers'.
D)   Married men are more involved with their wives' kin than with their own.E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 14

Describe how parents undergo adjustments as a result of a child's absence during the launching of the child into adult life.

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Exam 14: Socioemotional Development in Middle Adulthood

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