Chapter 10 220-001

Where does emerging adulthood primarily occur?

• European countries

• The United States

• Industrialized nations

• Developing nations

What is identity foreclosure?

• Adopting an identity without any self-exploration or thought

• Active and exciting search for a self

• Properly achieved understanding of the self after exploration

• Drifting aimlessly toward adulthood without goals

When looking for a good career, we want to look for something that is intrinsically motivating for ourselves, also called _____.

• Diffusion

• Moratorium

• Achievement

• Flow

What is the Erikson Psychosocial Stage in the early adulthood (different than emerging adulthood)?

• Industry v. inferiority

• Intimacy v. isolation

• Identity v. role confusion

• Generativity v. stagnation

A Preoccupied/Ambivalent adult attachment style looks like:

• Falling in love quickly, overly jealous, needy

• Inability to get close, emotionally distant

• Fully open and capable of genuine intimacy and love

A person who is obsessing about possibilities for the future and can't decide on the best option is experiencing _____.

• ruminative moratorium

• identity foreclosure

• identity achievement

• moratorium

According to Murstein's Stimulus-Value-Role Theory, a couple in the stimulus phase will be:

• focusing on learning more about their partners personality, values, and goals.

• assessing their first impression of the potential partner.

• moving into a long term relationship and figuring out how their lives will work together.