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According to Erik Erikson, young adults in the sixth stage of psychosocial development, intimacy versus isolation, must do all of the following except |
| | A) | make deep personal commitments to others. |
| | B) | engage in some amount of isolation to reflect on their lives. |
| | C) | consider the possibility of having sexual relationship without procreating. |
| | D) | sacrifice, compromise, and fuse their identity achieved in adolescence with that of another person. |
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Which of the following is a serious flaw of normative-stage models? |
| | A) | Due to the small samples involved in the studies, it is difficult to generalize the findings. |
| | B) | The reliability of the studies is questionable. |
| | C) | There is no clear evidence that personality continues to change over the lifespan. |
| | D) | Because of traditional psychological and environmental constraints it is difficult to apply these stages to women. |
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Costa and McCrae's research with the "Big Five" personality traits has found that |
| | A) | major changes occur in some, but not all of the five personality factors over the life span. |
| | B) | major changes occur in all aspects of personality over the life span. |
| | C) | although there is remarkable stability for the five personality factors over the life span, a shaft does occur in the 20s. |
| | D) | it is highly unlikely that any of the five personality factors will change over the life span. |
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The typological model of personality |
| | A) | suggests there are major changes in personality over the life span. |
| | B) | suggests there is little, if any, change in personality over the life span. |
| | C) | suggests stability of personality over the life span, although certain events may change the life course. |
| | D) | is useful for looking at personality changes in industrialized, but not in preindustrial, societies. |
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As Erikson saw it, an important element of intimacy in young adulthood is |
| | A) | self-disclosure. |
| | B) | sex. |
| | C) | romance. |
| | D) | personal responsibility. |
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When it comes to love, which saying is most strongly supported by research? |
| | A) | "Opposites attract." |
| | B) | ""Familiarity breeds contempt." |
| | C) | "Birds of a feather flock together." |
| | D) | "Love is blind." |
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Khamal and Aslam have been married for 20 years, a marriage arranged by their parents. They feel no passion for each other and do not engage in any type of self disclosure, nor do they believe that passion or intimacy are important to their marriage. They are, however, highly committed to remaining together as husband and wife until death. Sternberg would call this |
| | A) | nonlove. |
| | B) | empty love. |
| | C) | companionate love. |
| | D) | fatuous love. |
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With respect to attitudes about sex in the United States, researchers have found |
| | A) | disapproval of homosexuality is greater than disapproval of extra marital sex. |
| | B) | men are more likely than women to disapprove of premarital sex. |
| | C) | a majority of both men and women consider homosexuality to be both a sin and an illness. |
| | D) | college women are approximately three times more likely to become rape victims than women in the population as a whole. |
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Which woman is most likely to be untroubled about still being single at age 40? |
| | A) | Amy, an Asian American |
| | B) | Wendy, a white |
| | C) | Linda, a Latina |
| | D) | Andrea, an African American |
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All of the following are current issues facing homosexual couples in the United States except |
| | A) | discrimination in college admissions. |
| | B) | obtaining legal recognition of their unions. |
| | C) | the right to adopt children or raise their own children. |
| | D) | receiving coverage under each other's health insurance or pension plans. |
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Which couple is least likely to divorce? |
| | A) | Jenny and John, who were 16 and 17, respectively, when they got married and had their first baby two months later |
| | B) | Barbie and Ken, who were 22 and 24, respectively when they got married and who feel very grounded in their religious faith. |
| | C) | Lorraine and Leonard, who were both 30 when they got married, after seven years of cohabiting. |
| | D) | Milly and Mort, who were both 22 when they married and who both worked minimum wage jobs consistent with their high school education. |
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Which of the following statements about domestic violence is not correct? |
| | A) | Men who intentionally injure women tend to have less than a high school education, have low incomes, and drug problems. |
| | B) | Therapy has not been effective in stopping mild or moderate abuse. |
| | C) | Men who are arrested for domestic violence are less likely to repeat the abuse. |
| | D) | The best hope for eliminating domestic violence is to change men's socialization patterns to equalize the balance of power between men and women. |
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How does parenthood affect marital satisfaction? |
| | A) | Marital satisfaction typically increases during the child raising years. |
| | B) | Marital satisfaction typically increases with the first child, then decreases with subsequent children. |
| | C) | Women who had planned their pregnancies were happier than those whose pregnancies were not planned. |
| | D) | marital satisfaction typically declines during the child raising years. |
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Which of the following is not a primary reason for the increase in divorce rates? |
| | A) | women's financial independence |
| | B) | fewer people want to be married |
| | C) | expectations that a marriage won't last |
| | D) | expecting too much from marriage |
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