Psy 202 Exam 4 Study Guide
Ch 17 Emerging Adulthood: Biosocial Development
Growth and Strength
Strong and Active Bodies
Bodies Designed for Health
Bodies in Balance
Unused Potential
Appearance
Growth and Strength
Sexual Activity
THINKING CRITICALLY: Generation Me?
Emotional Stress
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Good Health Habits
Exercise
Eating Well
Taking Risks
Dangers
Occupations
Risky Sports
Drug Abuse
Social Norms
Why Take Risks?
A Way to Curb Alcohol Abuse in College
Implications of Risks and Norms
Ch 18 Emerging Adulthood: Cognitive Development
Postformal Thought
The Practical and the Personal: A Fifth Stage?
Time Management
Really a Stage?
Combining Subjective and Objective Thought
Cognitive Flexibility
Working Together
Alternate Solutions
Countering Stereotypes
Stereotypes About Other People
Stereotype Threat
Dialectical Thought
Culture and Dialectics
Morals and Religion
Which Era? What Place?
Dilemmas for Emerging Adults
Gender Differences
Measuring Moral Growth
Stages of Faith
THINKING CRITICALLY: Faith and Tolerance
Cognitive Growth and Higher Education
The Effects of College
A CASE TO STUDY: College Advancing Thought
Changes in the College Context
Changes in the Students
Changes in the Institutions
Cognitive Growth and Higher Education
Evaluating the Changes
Diversity and Enrollment
Graduates and Dropouts
Ch 19 Emerging Adulthood: Psychosocial Development
Continuity and Change
Identity Achieved
Ethnic Identity
Vocational Identity
Personality in Emerging Adulthood
Rising Self-Esteem
Worrisome Children Grow Up
Plasticity
Intimacy
Friendship
Friends in Emerging Adulthood
Gender and Friendship
Male–Female Friendships
Romantic Partners
A CASE TO STUDY: Changing Expectations About Marriage
The Dimensions of Love
The Ideal and the Real
Hookups Without Commitment
Finding Each Other and Living Together
THINKING CRITICALLY: Cohabitation
What Makes Relationships Succeed
Changes in Marriage Patterns
Similarities and Differences
Emerging Adults and Their Parents
Linked Lives
Financial Support
A Global Perspective
Ch 20 Adulthood: Biosocial Development
Senescence
The Experience of Aging
The Aging Brain
Physical Appearance
Sense Organs
Vision
Hearing
The Sexual-Reproductive System
Menopause
Women in Middle Age
Men in Middle Age
Health Habits and Age
Drug Abuse
Alcohol Abuse
Inactivity
A VIEW FROM SCIENCE: A Habit Is Hard to Break
Accumulating Stressors
Ch 22 Adulthood: Psychosocial Development
Continuity and Change, Again
Major Theories: Erikson
THINKING CRITICALLY: The Midlife Crisis
Personality Throughout Adulthood
Intimacy
Friends and Acquaintances
Family Bonds
Adult Children and Their Parents
Siblings and Other Relatives
A Developmental View of Family Closeness
Committed Partners
Marriage and Happiness
Gay and Lesbian Partners
Divorce and Separation
The Consequences of Divorce
Repartnering
Generativity
Caregiving
Employment
Wages and Benefits
Working for More than Money
Generativity
Coping with Change
Diversity Within the Workplace
Changing Jobs
Combining Intimacy and Generativity
Ch 23 Late Adulthood: Biosocial Development
Prejudice and Predictions
Believing the Stereotype
The Elderly’s View of Ageism
Ageism Leading to Illness
Elderspeak
Gerontology and Geriatrics
Prejudice and Predictions
The Demographic Shift
The World’s Aging Population
Old, Older, and Oldest
The Centenarians
Other Places, Other Stories
The Truth About Life After 100
Ch 24 Late Adulthood: Cognitive Development
The Life Review
Wisdom
Ch 25 Late Adulthood: Psychosocial Development
Theories of Late Adulthood
Self Theories
Integrity
Holding On to One’s Self
The Positivity Effect
Theories of Late Adulthood
Stratification Theories
Stratification by Age
Stratification by Gender
Stratification by Ethnicity
Activities in Late Adulthood
Work
Retirement
Volunteer Work
Home Sweet Home
Religious Involvement
Political Activism
Friends and Relatives
Long-Term Partnerships
Relationships with Younger Generations
Tensions Between Older and Younger Adults
Grandchildren
Friends and Relatives
Friendship