Question 1

What is vocational burnout? Who is the most likely to suffer from it, and what are some ways to prevent it?

Accepted Answer

Although emotional engagement with work ...

Question 2

__________ is common during middle age.

Accepted Answer

A)   Midlife crisis
B)   Personal upheaval
C)   Drastic life alteration
D)   Life evaluation

Question 3

__________ have become the majority of the adult population living in poverty, regardless of age and ethnic group.

Accepted Answer

A)   Unemployed men
B)   Unemployed women
C)   Men who support themselves or their families
D)   Women who support themselves or their families

Question 4

Less well-educated people with lower lifetime earnings are the __________ likely to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   least; benefit from retirement preparation programs
B)   most; begin planning for retirement in early adulthood
C)   least; attend retirement preparation programs
D)   most; look closely at their financial well-being

Question 5

Which statement is true about caring for aging parents?

Accepted Answer

A)   Nearly half of American working women are caregivers for aging parents who are in poor health.
B)   As adults move from early to later middle age, the sex difference in parental caregiving declines.
C)   Adults who share a household with ill parents experience less stress than those whose parents live elsewhere.
D)   Most middle-aged adults say that caring for an ill or disabled parent is less stressful than parenting a young child.

Question 6

Preston and Mei are about to become grandparents for the first time. They believe that grandparenthood is highly important because they will leave behind not just one but two generations after death. Which gratification of grandparenthood is probably most important to them?

Accepted Answer

A)   valued older adult
B)   indulgence
C)   reinvolvement with personal past
D)   immortality through descendants

Question 7

Which middle-aged man is likely to be highly sensitive about the physical changes of aging?

Accepted Answer

A)   Santos, a dentist
B)   Dean, a non-college-educated chef
C)   Freeman, a lawyer
D)   Jack, a non-college-educated construction worker

Question 8

The negative outcome of Erikson's midlife stage, stagnation, focuses on __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   role confusion
B)   selflessness
C)   self-indulgence
D)   guilt and shame

Question 9

Which middle-aged worker is likely to experience the biggest increase in job satisfaction?

Accepted Answer

A)   Janae, a female account executive
B)   Schuyler, a female postal worker
C)   Rodrigo, a male corporate executive
D)   Virl, a male assembly-line worker

Question 10

Compared with younger people, middle-aged adults see themselves as __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   more concerned about others' expectations and evaluations
B)   capable of effectively managing a complex array of tasks
C)   less concerned with following self-chosen standards
D)   less content with themselves and life

Question 11

Compared with European Americans, Korean-American caregivers of parents with mental disabilities __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   reported lower levels of care burden
B)   experienced more anxiety and depression
C)   fared better in mental health two years later
D)   reported lower levels of family obligation

Question 12

In longitudinal research, __________ gained most in dominance, assertiveness, and outspokenness by their early fifties.

Accepted Answer

A)   women who stayed at home to raise children
B)   women who attained high status in their careers
C)   nonworking women who had no children
D)   non-college-educated women with part-time jobs

Question 13

During the phase of "launching children and moving on," __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   adults have the smallest number of close relationships than during any other period
B)   families experience the smallest number of exits and entries of family members
C)   most people experience a sense of completion and liberation
D)   few people have opportunities to strengthen social ties or rekindle interests

Question 14

According to Levinson, the middle-aged person must seek new ways of being both young and old. Explain what this means and how U.S. midlifers go about confronting this developmental task.

Accepted Answer

Levinson believed that middle-aged adult...

Question 15

__________ is associated with favorable personality traits and adjustment.

Accepted Answer

A)   Masculinity
B)   Femininity
C)   Separateness
D)   Androgyny

Question 16

Sudie is calm, even-tempered, self-content, comfortable, unemotional, and hardy. She is low in which "big five" personality trait?

Accepted Answer

A)   neuroticism
B)   extroversion
C)   openness to experience
D)   agreeableness

Question 17

Hart volunteers with Habitat for Humanity. When he is at a work site, he is so engrossed in activity that he loses all sense of time and self-awareness. When he volunteers, Hart experiences __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   flow
B)   expertise
C)   co-dependence
D)   environmental mastery

Question 18

Some evidence reveals a link between children's departure from the home and __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   both parents becoming more masculine, gaining most in dominance and assertiveness
B)   both parents becoming more feminine, gaining most in nurturance and empathy
C)   women's greater emotional sensitivity, confidence, and dependence
D)   men's greater openness to the "feminine" side of their personalities

Question 19

The greatest source of stress for middle-aged adults who share a household with an aging parent is __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   problem behavior
B)   the daily routine
C)   financial strain
D)   differences in lifestyle

Question 20

Nora is imaginative, creative, original, curious, and liberal. She is high in which "big five" personality trait?

Accepted Answer

A)   neuroticism
B)   extroversion
C)   openness to experience
D)   agreeableness

Exam 16: Emotional and Social Development in Middle Adulthood

In longitudinal research, __________ gained most in dominance, assertiveness, and outspokenness by their early fifties.

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The greatest source of stress for middle-aged adults who share a household with an aging parent is __________.

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Compared with European Americans, Korean-American caregivers of parents with mental disabilities __________.

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Which statement is true about caring for aging parents?

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__________ have become the majority of the adult population living in poverty, regardless of age and ethnic group.

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__________ is common during middle age.

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Less well-educated people with lower lifetime earnings are the __________ likely to __________.

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The negative outcome of Erikson's midlife stage, stagnation, focuses on __________.

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According to Levinson, the middle-aged person must seek new ways of being both young and old. Explain what this means and how U.S. midlifers go about confronting this developmental task.

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Some evidence reveals a link between children's departure from the home and __________.

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Which middle-aged worker is likely to experience the biggest increase in job satisfaction?

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What is vocational burnout? Who is the most likely to suffer from it, and what are some ways to prevent it?

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Nora is imaginative, creative, original, curious, and liberal. She is high in which "big five" personality trait?

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__________ is associated with favorable personality traits and adjustment.

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Compared with younger people, middle-aged adults see themselves as __________.

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Which middle-aged man is likely to be highly sensitive about the physical changes of aging?

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During the phase of "launching children and moving on," __________.

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Hart volunteers with Habitat for Humanity. When he is at a work site, he is so engrossed in activity that he loses all sense of time and self-awareness. When he volunteers, Hart experiences __________.

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Preston and Mei are about to become grandparents for the first time. They believe that grandparenthood is highly important because they will leave behind not just one but two generations after death. Which gratification of grandparenthood is probably most important to them?

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Sudie is calm, even-tempered, self-content, comfortable, unemotional, and hardy. She is low in which "big five" personality trait?

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