QUIZ # 13
                            Early Adulthood - Work, stages & stuff
 

1. Although the members of a society tend to share similar expectations about the life cycle, some variations do occur. The social clock tends to be paced more rapidly in the:

a. upper-upper class
b. lower-upper class
c. middle class
d. lower class


2. According to Levinson, the phase in adult male development development in which the man establishes his niche in society, digs in, builds a nest, and makes and pursues long-range plans and goals is called

a. leaving the family
b. entering the adult world
c. settling down
d. mid-life transition


3. ____ are twice as likely as _____ to suffer major depression.

a. Men, women
b. Adults, adolescents
c. Children, adults
d. Women, men


4. A year after your father died, your elderly mother started living with an elderly gentleman in her senior citizens' complex. Now, no one in your mother's building talks to her. This example demonstrates the effect of:

a. violating the social clock
b. violating age norms
c. ageism and sexism directed at women
d. conflict between age grades
5. Which of the following is an example of a life event?
a. playing basketball when you are 12 years old
b. attending family reunions each year
c. learning to play the piano
d. becoming paralyzed after a motorcycle accident
6. Your 19-year-old son has not decided if he wants to join the army or go to college. Research concerning stages of adult development predicts that:
a. his major concern is in gaining financial self-sufficiency and autonomy from the family
b. he is most concerned with starting a career and creating a dream about the future.
c. he is obsessed with becoming his own man and competing for promotions
d. he is experiencing inner doubts about who he is and where he is going.


7. A college senior is asked by his math teacher to compute a calculus problem. As he takes in the information presented to him step-by-step, he is demonstrating:

a. moral reasoning
b. information processing
c. irrational thought
d. post-formal operations


8. I have been told by several people on the Spirit Lake Reservation that they believe their young people, particularly young men, mature later than the stages given in developmental psychology textbooks. Do you think this is true? Give some examples which support your belief.
 
 

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