Chapter 16

In the context of scales used by Alyssa Zucker and her colleagues to assess development of personality in college-educated women from young adulthood through late adulthood, which of the following themes assesses preoccupation with death?

• • Identity certainty.

• • Generativity,

• • Confident power.

• Concern with aging

Maureen is a 45-year-old woman who radiates warmth and kindness. She gets along well with everyone in the family and also has a lot of friends who trust her completely. According to the "big five" model of personality factors, Maureen displays

• conscientiousness

• neuroticism|

• agreeableness

• extraversion

In the context of scales used by Alyssa Zucker and her colleagues to assess development of personality in college-educated women from young adulthood through late adulthood, which of the following themes assesses the feelings of incompetence and loneliness?

• Identity certainty

• Personal distress

• Concern with aging

• Confident power

Which of the following is true of the findings of cross-cultural research on grandparenting?

• Children state they value their grandfathers less than their grandmothers.

• Grandchildren spend more time with grandfathers than grandmothers.

• The sex of the grandchildren typically influences which grandparent children gravitate to.

• Grandchildren tend to be more involved with their mother's parents.

Which of the following is true of the findings of a study of 200 adults by Van Hiel and colleagues?

• The more generative group scored significantly higher on conscientiousness.

• Havighurst's developmental tasks did not apply to middle adulthood.

• Stagnation and generativity were direct opposites of each other.

• Erikson's developmental crises were highly correlated with Freud's psychosexual stages of development.

According to the Conference Board survey, what percentage of American workers are satisfied with their jobs?

• 30%

• 45%

• 35%

• 50%

Lesbian and bisexual women, as grandparents,

• report that their children only hindered (discouraged) their relationships with their grandchildren.

• are not concerned about disclosing their sexual orientations to their grandchildren.

• find that their experiences with grandchildren and their own children are completely different to those of heterosexual people.

• believe that they are important sources of emotion support for their grandchildren.

A difference between friendships in men and friendships in women is that

• male friends are more likely to be intimate in friendships while female friends are less likely to be intimate in friendships.

• men who have greater physical strength have fewer friends while women who have lesser physical strength have many friends.

• male friends are likely to be more competitive in friendships while female friends are less likely to be competitive.

• men who have fewer friends are less likely to be depressed while women who have more friends are more likely to be depressed.

In the context of unemployment a study conducted on married women found older women were

• more likely to accept jobs that interfered with their home life.

• least likely to experience a financial strain following the loss of employment.

• more likely than younger women to take a job that they did not like as long as the pay was reasonable.

• least likely to experience declines in their well-being due to unemployment than younger women.

Parents are usually satisfied with their children living apart if

• their children pay them daily visits

• there are regular phone calls and e-mails from the children

• there are frequent attempts by their children to garner financial assistance from them

• they are asked to dinner by their children on a weekly basis