Multiple Choice Questions

Adult development experts are virtually unanimous in their belief that midlife crises: have no cross-cultural validity.have been exaggerated. have been underestimated. have been validated.
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Mr. Chang works at a boring but tense job. Stress about his job keeps him up late on most nights. Mr. Chang is experiencing the stress of: a middle-age development crisis. a major life event. psychological generativity. a daily hassle.
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Middle adulthood is referred to as the "sandwich generation" because: life is very hectic and families rarely have a full meal together. middle-aged adults are caught in a conflict between caring more for their spouse's parents than their own. people expect middle-aged adults to be both wise and mature as well as young and energetic. middle-aged adults may have to care for their own adolescent children as well as their elderly parents.
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Girard and his sister were never close growing up. Now that they are adults, it is most likely that their relationship is _____. close. distant. neutral. improving.
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  • the economic cost of life events.
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  • Adult siblings who are close tended to be close in childhood.
In the Berkeley Longitudinal Studies, which of the following characteristics generally changed the most across time for the adult? Intellectual orientation Openness to experience Nurturance or hostility Self-confidence
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Factors at age 50 that were linked with being in the "happy-well" group at age 75 to 80 years of age included all of the following except: being forgiving. being wealthy. being well-educated. having a stable marriage.
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It is common in nonindustrialized societies to: describe individuals as middle-aged. describe individuals as young or old but not as middle-aged. not have any words for "old" or "young." not give much importance to an individual's age.
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A common complaint voiced by both adult children and their parents when adult children return home is a(n): lack of career development. increased strain on finances. lack of social interaction. loss of privacy.
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Cross-cultural studies show that in nonindustrialized countries the concept of middle age is: about the same as it is in industrialized countries like the United States. more finely discerned and consisting of several stages. more rigidly defined. not very clear, or in some cases is absent.
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