Knowledge Check 7: Chapters 13 and 14

Ninety percent of U.S. adults will have married by age ______.
A. 25
B. 30
C. 45
D. 60
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Ninety percent of U.S. adults will have married by age ______.
A. 25
B. 30
C. 45
D. 60
D. 60
Which reason is why young adults find it difficult to eat healthily?
A. presence of parental controls
B. limited access to food
C. inadequate nutritional knowledge
D. busy, stressful lives
D. busy, stressful lives
What is epistemic cognition?
A. the ways in which individuals understand the nature of knowledge and how they arrive at ideas, beliefs, and conclusions
B. polar reasoning in which knowledge and accounts of phenomena are viewed as either right or wrong with no in-between
C. knowledge is viewed as relative, dependent on the situation and thinker
D. reasoning that synthesizes contradictions among perspectives
A. the ways in which individuals understand the nature of knowledge and how they arrive at ideas, beliefs, and conclusions
According to Erikson, one of the defining markers of emerging adulthood today is ______.
A. Family formation
B. financial independence
C. identity development
D. independent thought
C. identity development
Adults who are single by choice tend to report feeling ______.
A. sadness
B. lack of fulfillment
C. romantic loneliness
D. freedom
D. freedom
Russell is 24 years old. Which age category is he in?
A. progressive
B. senescence
C. emerging adult
D. young adult
C. emerging adult
People in their 30s can make better parents because of ______.
A. identity exploration
B. financial stability
C. greater reproductive capacity
D. having optimism about life
B. financial stability
Age-related changes in the skin are avoidable.
A. True
B. False
B. False
Which event is considered a traditional marker of adulthood?
A. choosing a major in college
B. entering a career
C. deciding whether to continue living with parents
D. beginning to explore romantic relationships
B. entering a career
Cohabitation is more common in the United States than it is in Europe.
A. True
B. False
B. False
Crowds form in college because of ______. A. a social setting that has adults in the same age range B. rigorous academic standards C. a social setting that includes a wide variety of ages D. lack of peers and communal interestsA. a social setting that has adults in the same age rangeCurrently, divorce rates in Western industrialized countries have ______. A. increased dramatically B. stabilized and even declined C. increased by a small amount D. declined dramaticallyB. stabilized and even declinedIn adulthood, close friendships are based on ______. A. sexual attraction B. financial gain C. reciprocity D. freedomC. reciprocityThe decision that partners make to stay with one another is called ______. A. commitment B. passion C. love D. harmonyA. commitmentEffective sexual assault prevention involves ______. A. educating women on how to dress in a nonsexual manner B. Debunking rape myths such as sexuality provoking an attack C. telling women they need to report a sexual attack to the police D. educating men on being clear about their sexual intentionsB. Debunking rape myths such as sexuality provoking an attackDevelopmental scientists pose that recent social changes mean that traditional markers of adulthood are ______. A. delayed B. speeded up C. nonexistent D. irrelevantA. delayedWhat is the leading cause of disease in the United States? A. pollution B. smoking C. obesity D. alcoholB. smokingMost people marry during which stage of adulthood? A. emerging B. early C. middle D. lateB. earlyWomen most commonly describe their male-female friendships as ______. A. just buddies B. sibling relationships C. potentially sexual D. definitely platonicB. sibling relationshipsSenescence is defined as ______. A. rapid, abnormal age-related declines in physical functioning B. gradual age-related declines in physical functioning C. cognitive deficits resulting from substance use D. physical deficits resulting from substance useB. gradual age-related declines in physical functioning