Chapter 14: Psychosocial Development in Early Adulthood

Currently, developmentalists who ascribe to the normative-stage model believe that people

• probably develop very little after age 50.

• continue to develop through their thirties, but undergo only minimal changes thereafter.

• continue to follow a sequence of age-related changes throughout adulthood.

• experience no further development after adolescence.

A young woman passes through adolescence without developing a strong sense of personal identity. According to Erikson, what difficulty will she experience during young adulthood?

• She will have problems with intimacy.

• She will fail to develop "the dream."

• She will become sexually promiscuous.

• She will lack competitiveness.

A sequence of age-related development that continues through the adult life span, identified by major, predictable life changes, describes the ________ model of personality.

• timing-of-events

• five-factor

• normative-stage

• humanistic

According to Erikson, which of the following must people achieve before they can begin to form intimate relationships?

• Generativity

• Integrity

• Initiative

• A strong sense of personal identity

The cultural expectations for the proper timing of life events, such as getting married or retiring, are called

• age-consciousness.

• nonnormative sequences.

• temporal schemas.

• the social clock.

Which personality model focuses on mental, emotional, temperamental, and behavioral attributes?

• Timing-of-events model

• Trait model

• Humanistic model

• Normative-crisis model

According to the five-factor model, Angelica, who is hostile and impulsive, would be described as

• agreeable.

• neurotic.

• introverted.

• extraverted.

The five-factor model of personality emphasizes

• stability of personality characteristics over much of adult life.

• normative influences on adaptive mechanisms in mid-life.

• personality changes that occur during middle childhood.

• five crises that adolescents and young adults experience that produce instability in personality.

In terms of more recent research regarding stability and change in personality traits, most experts now believe

• personality traits are as stable as they have always been.

• that the stability of personality traits is true for men, but not for women.

• changes in personality can and do occur throughout the life span.

• the change is too strong a term for describing personality development.

Baron is a well-respected businessman. He helps coach his daughter's soccer team and visits his elderly mother at least once a week. Considering the typological approach to personality development, Baron would be considered

• undercontrolled.

• overcontrolled.

• ego-resilient.

• maladaptive.