Chapter 11

Question 1

early, brief exploration of romantic interests

Answer 1

Initiation phase

Question 2

increased confidence, form first romantic relationships, consider how status with friends & peers will be influenced

Answer 2

Status phase

Question 3

get to know each other better, express deeper feelings, engage in more sexual activity

Answer 3

Affection phase

Question 4

relationship becomes more serious and enduring – more in emerging adulthood, friends and peers not as important

Answer 4

Bonding phase

Question 5

Each relationship in the family affects the family as a whole

Answer 5

Family Systems

Question 6

a change in any family member or subsystem, causes an imbalance and the family system has to adjust

Answer 6

Disequilibrium

Question 7

Do family members talk openly with one another?

Answer 7

Communication

Question 8

Do they rely on one another?

Answer 8

Support

Question 9

How emotionally close are they?

Answer 9

Connectedness

Question 10

Do parents encourage or limit adolescent autonomy?

Answer 10

Control

Question 11

Adolescent-parent attachment relationship becomes increasingly ____.

Answer 11

Goal Corrected

Question 12

Adolescents have time to reflect that relationship to see how they fill about the connection. This is called.

Answer 12

Epistemic Space

Question 13

Taking a negative situation and putting a different meaning to it.

Answer 13

Reframing

Question 14

By the end of adolescence an individual should be able to regulate intense ___.

Answer 14

Emotions

Question 15

By the end of adolescence an individual should be able to manage ___ changing emotions

Answer 15

Rapidly

Question 16

By the end of adolescence an individual should be able to become aware of own emotions without becoming ____.

Answer 16

Overwhelmed

Question 17

By the end of adolescence an individual should be able to understand consequences to self and others of honest emotional expression vs. _____

Answer 17

Dissemblance

Question 18

Another word for dissemblance is ___.

Answer 18

Pretend

Question 19

By the end of adolescence an individual should be able to ____ negative events

Answer 19

Reframe

Question 20

By the end of adolescence an individual should be able to understand that temporary emotional states are the same as ___.

Answer 20

Identity

Question 21

By the end of adolescence an individual should be able to distinguish feelings from ____ “i feel it therefore its true”

Answer 21

Facts

Question 22

By the end of adolescence an individual should be able to maintain ____ relationships even in the face of strong emotions

Answer 22

Interpersonal

Question 23

By the end of adolescence an individual should be able to manage strong feelings evoked by ___ and sympathy

Answer 23

Empathy

Question 24

By the end of adolescence an individual should be able to understand ___.

Answer 24

Emotion

Question 25

The adjustment of all the body’s systems to keep physiological functions in a state of equilibrium.

Answer 25

Homeostasis

Question 26

Emerging Adults try out various possibilities, especially in love and work this is called

Answer 26

Identity exploration

Question 27

Emerging Adults go through a lot of changes this is called

Answer 27

Instability

Question 28

Emerging Adults, this is the most ___ ____ age of life

Answer 28

Self focused

Question 29

Emerging Adults, this is the age of feeling ___ ___, in transition, neither adolescent nor adult

Answer 29

in between

Question 30

Emerging Adults, this is the age of ____, when hopes flourish, when people have an unparalleled opportunity to transform their lives.

Answer 30

Possibilities

Question 31

Markers of transition from adolescence to adulthood is accepting ____ for yourself.

Answer 31

Responsibility

Question 32

Markers of transition from adolescence to adulthood by making ____ decisions.

Answer 32

Independent

Question 33

Markers of transition from adolescence to adulthood by becoming ____ independent.

Answer 33

Financially

Question 34

Who are more likely to feel like adults?

Answer 34

African Americans and Latinos

Question 35

establishing equal relationships with parents, gaining financial independence from parents is an example of ___.

Answer 35

Independence

Question 36

committing to a loving relationship

Answer 36

Interpendence

Question 37

finishing education, becoming a parent

Answer 37

Role transitions

Question 38

not getting drunk

Answer 38

Norm Compliance

Question 39

finish growing

Answer 39

Biological transition

Question 40

reaching 18

Answer 40

Chronological transition

Question 41

being capable of caring for children

Answer 41

Family capacities

Question 42

Latinos, African Americans and Asian Americans were all more likely than Whites to emphasize what?

Answer 42

Family capacities, Role Transitions, Norm Compliance

Question 43

African-Americans, Asians and Latinos paid more attention than Whites to norms that might affect ____, e.g., ‘avoid getting drunk’ as opposed to ‘avoid drunk driving’

Answer 43

Others

Question 44

Proposed adult stage of cognitive development, following Piaget’s four stages.

Answer 44

Postformal thought

Question 45

Postformal thought goes beyond adolescent thinking by being more practical, more ____, and more dialectical.

Answer 45

Flexible

Question 46

Postformal thinkers | use ____ ____ to learn science, distill principles, develop arguments, and resolve the world’s problems

Answer 46

Formal Analysis

Question 47

Are less impulsive than adolescents

Answer 47

Postformal Thinkers

Question 48

Do not wait for someone to present a problem to solve or for circumstances to require a reaction

Answer 48

Postformal Thinkers

Question 49

Logical skills improve from adolescence to emerging adulthood – then stay ____

Answer 49

Steady

Question 50

Not new abilities but better use of existing ____.

Answer 50

Abilities

Question 51

the internal capacity to define one’s beliefs, identity, and social relations is called ___

Answer 51

Self authorship

Question 52

Answers the questions “How do I know?”  “Who Am I?”  “How do I want to construct relationships with others?”

Answer 52

Self authorship

Question 53

allowing others to define who you are, “young adults follow the plans laid out for them” while assuring themselves they created these plans themselves

Answer 53

Following Formulas

Question 54

The plans a student has been following do not necessarily fit anymore, and new plans need to be established. Students are dissatisfied with self.

Answer 54

Crossroads

Question 55

creating the ability to choose own beliefs and stand up for them (especially when facing conflict or opposing views)

Answer 55

Becoming the Author of One's Life

Question 56

grounded in their self-determined belief system, in their sense of who they are, and the mutuality of their relationships

Answer 56

Internal Foundation

Question 57

I go to this church because my family has always gone to this church

Answer 57

Following Formula

Question 58

Everyone told me that I was so good with kids so I decided to become an education major. After taking a few of the classes, I’ve figured out that I don’t have the patience to be around little kids all day everyday

Answer 58

Crossroads

Question 59

My family was always against gay marriage and I never felt comfortable enough to go against that belief. However, now that I am a grown adult living on my own, I feel more comfortable expressing my opinions. I am even going to a gay rights parade in Virginia since gay marriage was just legalized

Answer 59

Becoming the Author of One's Life

Question 60

My significant other and I both have different views when it comes to the next political election. Neither of us let the other influence what we think nor do we let these differences impact our relationship.

Answer 60

Internal Foundation

Question 61

There is a right and a wrong answer – just tell me what it is

Answer 61

Dualism

Question 62

There are so many different points of view – they are all right

Answer 62

Relativism

Question 63

There are different points of view but here’s what I believe and here’s why

Answer 63

Commitment

Question 64

lack of social contacts & relationships

Answer 64

Social Loneliness

Question 65

relationships lack sufficient intimacy & closeness – Common in Freshmen

Answer 65

Emotional Lonliness