Social and Emotional Development in Early Adulthood (Ch. 14)

Question 1

todays emerging adults have a stronger pluralistic orientation, which means ….

Answer 1

disposition for living in a diverse society that promotes individual respect and equal opportunity

Question 2

as globalization accelerates, so does

Answer 2

emerging adulthood
gains in higher education
common global identity

Question 3

helicopter parenting

Answer 3

hover parents, comes out of love and affection but has negative affects

Question 4

exposure to negative life events _______ development

Answer 4

undermines

Question 5

during Levison’s transition to early adulthood, most young people construct ….

Answer 5

a dream (images of themselves in the adult world)

Question 6

dreams in men vs. women

Answer 6

men - achievement-based/career
women - split between career and family

Question 7

second transition in Levison’s seasons of life

Answer 7

people who were family focused become career focused and people who were career focused become family focused

Question 8

social clock

Answer 8

age-graded expectations for major life events (ex. first job, marrying, buying a home, retiring, etc.)

has become more flexible in past decades

Question 9

t/f: research/evidence supports opposites attract for romantic relationships

Answer 9

false!

Question 10

sternbergs triangular theory of love

Answer 10

passion (physical)
intimacy (emotional)
commitment (cognitive)

Question 11

passion in sternbergs triangular theory of love

Answer 11

companionate - warm affection and trusting the other

compassionate - concern for other’s well being shown through efforts

Question 12

secure attachment in later adult relationships

Answer 12

loving and caring, found and kept relationships

Question 13

avoidant attachment in later adult relationships

Answer 13

stressed independence and mistrusted partners

Question 14

resistant attachment in later adult relationships

Answer 14

wanted to merge totally with partner, quick to express fear/anger

Question 15

important feature of commitment

Answer 15

constructive conflict resolution (listening, compromising and accepting responsibility)

Question 16

japanese word “amae” means

Answer 16

love; to depend on another’s benevolence

Question 17

traditional chinese interdependent views defines the self through

Answer 17

role relationships (brother, sister, wife, son, etc.)

Question 18

college students of asian heritage place less emphasis on ________ and more emphasis on ________

Answer 18

physical attraction and deep emotion; companionship and practical matters

Question 19

male friends like to _____ while female friends prefer to ______

Answer 19

“do something together”; “just talk”

Question 20

_________ have the largest number of other-sex friendships

Answer 20

highly educated employed women

Question 21

after marriage, other-sex friends decrease for ____ but continue to increase for ______

Answer 21

men; women

Question 22

the family life cycle

Answer 22

series of phases characterizing the development of most families around the world

Question 23

traditional vs. egalitarian marriages

Answer 23

t - clear division in roles

e - partners relate as equals

Question 24

fathers are less likely than mothers to have

Answer 24

social networks to access to learn about child rearing

Question 25

cohabitation

Answer 25

lifestyle of unmarried couples who have sexually intimate relationship and share residence

Question 26

applicant race to employer call backs

Answer 26

white applicants were accepted more than hispanic and hispanic more than black applicants even when white applicants had a felony on application, they still were accepted more than hispanic and black applicants

Question 27

expressive vs. instrumental love

Answer 27

e - expressing love, shakespearian, female dominated i - activities like going to dinner or fixing something, male dominated

Question 28

styles of love (john alan lee)

Answer 28

ludus - thrill of the chase/game playing, rarely long term eros - passionate love, desire/physical intimacy storge - love out of friendship/friends to lovers mania - manic, possessive, chaos, stalking pragma - practical love, choosing someone b/c you think they will be good parents/good demographic/arranged marriages agape - spiritual love

Question 29

cohabitation

Answer 29

living with a sexually intimate partner without being married

Question 30

this country had a greater percentage of cohabitation because it used to be law that you needed land to get married

Answer 30

iceland

Question 31

in the US, cohabitation has become (more/less) acceptable

Answer 31

more

Question 32

marriage vs. cohabitation key terms

Answer 32

m: love, children, commitment c: financial, convenient, test relationship

Question 33

cohabitation (doesn't/does) have a substantial influence on later marital happiness

Answer 33

doesn't

Question 34

married people are more satisfied with relationship aspects such as

Answer 34

parenting chores work/personal communication sex life

Question 35

3 marriage styles and their satisfaction scores

Answer 35

traditional (men: +, women: + and -) modern (men: +, women: mixed) egalitarian (both men and women: +)

Question 36

modern marriage style

Answer 36

believe treating each other as equals but not really ex) when a child is sick, the mom is more likely to stay home -or- more likely to move for man's job not woman's

Question 37

problems with duel-earner marriage

Answer 37

work overload/second shift syndrome - women do job then come home to another job work-family role conflict - women feel guilty working over spending time with kids

Question 38

in the past decades, women's house work has _____ while men's has ______

Answer 38

decreased; increased

Question 39

who does more invisible work in relationships (remember birthdays, schedule appointments, etc.)?

Answer 39

women!

Question 40

who experiences more work place interruptions

Answer 40

women

Question 41

advantages of having children

Answer 41

warmth and affection stimulation and fun community status meaning to life immortality sense of accomplishment personal growth increase family resources

Question 42

disadvantages of having children

Answer 42

loss of freedom worries well being interference with job world is so unsafe reduced time with partner loss of privacy fear that kids will turn out badly financial strain

Question 43

average cost of raising a child with and without college

Answer 43

w/: $300,000 w/o: $233,000

Question 44

what is an adjustment to parenthood that may decrease marital satisfaction?

Answer 44

most couple become more traditional

Question 45

factors that influence marital satisfaction after children

Answer 45

postponing childbearing less traditional male gender roles less isolation from extended family