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According to Erik Erikson, the major concern of middle adulthood is |
| | A) | searching for meaning within oneself. |
| | B) | developing a sense of identity. |
| | C) | leaving a legacy as a way of participating in life's continuation. |
| | D) | forming a close, intimate bond with a life partner. |
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Which one of these middle-aged people fits the traditional normative social clock? |
| | A) | Bob, who is planning to retire next year when he turns 65 |
| | B) | Carol, who retired from a high-tech start-up company after making millions before turning 40 |
| | C) | Ted, who is returning to college at 52 to "retool" for a new career after being laid off |
| | D) | Alice, who is expecting her first baby at age 43 |
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Many researchers studying the "midlife crisis" now consider it to be |
| | A) | a common event in industrialized societies. |
| | B) | inevitable. |
| | C) | a universal phenomenon. |
| | D) | rare, or possibly even nonexistent. |
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On the basis of Whitbourne's identity process model, which of these middle-aged people would be considered the healthiest? |
| | A) | Jacob, who acknowledges that he is getting older, but makes an effort to control those aspects of his life that he can |
| | B) | Jeremiah, who believes he has control over all aspects of his life |
| | C) | Joan, who has had several plastic surgeries to maintain her youthful appearance |
| | D) | John, who sees himself as an old man and is constantly tuned in to his aging process |
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Research on gender crossover has shown that |
| | A) | both men and women become more "feminine" in middle age. |
| | B) | men become even more "feminine" than women in middle age. |
| | C) | patterns vary, but no clear crossover between "masculine" and "feminine" is generally observed. |
| | D) | women become increasingly "masculine" throughout adulthood. |
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Which of the following is one of the dimensions of well-being studied by Carol Ryff and her colleagues? |
| | A) | purpose in life |
| | B) | self-denigration |
| | C) | environmentalism |
| | D) | collectivism |
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Which of the following people would researchers rate as having the highest social well-being? |
| | A) | Geraldo, who is married and has a large extended family and a network of friends |
| | B) | Geraldine, who is single and the primary caregiver for her elderly parents |
| | C) | Georgine, who is separated from her husband and trying to re-establish a relationship with her family |
| | D) | Gerald, who is not married, has a couple of drinking buddies, and one living sibling |
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Paige is approaching her 50th birthday, and as she is making the guest list for her party, she realizes that she has known a lot of people—her brother and sister, her husband and children, many of her friends—for much of her life. These people are Paige's |
| | A) | generativists. |
| | B) | social convoys. |
| | C) | collective unconscious. |
| | D) | age-span crossovers. |
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The U-shaped pattern of marital satisfaction, discovered by researchers to be common in longtime marriages, occurs when |
| | A) | marital satisfaction declines when the children begin to leave home. |
| | B) | marital satisfaction declines steadily from early adulthood through late adulthood. |
| | C) | satisfaction declines after the first few years of marriage, then rises again in middle age through the first part of late adulthood. |
| | D) | marital satisfaction rises steadily from the beginning of marriage, through child-rearing and into late adulthood. |
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Which homosexual couple is likely to have the MOST problems with their relationship? |
| | A) | David and Francis, who are able to balance their commitments to their careers, their relationship, and their social network |
| | B) | Betty and Pat, who take traditional roles, with Betty as homemaker and Pat as breadwinner |
| | C) | Craig and Jeff, who have chosen to keep the homosexual nature of their relationship a secret between themselves |
| | D) | Jim and Joe, who have a supportive network, including their families and friends |
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Mac and Ronnie have been married for 22 years. During that time, they have created a financially secure situation including retirement investments and a home, and they share many friends and hobbies. Mac and Ronnie have built up a lot of |
| | A) | all of these. |
| | B) | marital capital. |
| | C) | socioemotional selectivity. |
| | D) | midlife convoys. |
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Research on the "empty nest syndrome" suggests that |
| | A) | cutting back on employment decreases women's distress when children move away. |
| | B) | many women find the transition to an empty nest liberating, rather than distressing. |
| | C) | women are more likely than men to experience the empty nest syndrome and report health related stress. |
| | D) | men are more likely than women to experience the empty nest syndrome and report health-related stress. |
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Darnell and Aisha's two children now both live in cities far away from them, but both Darnell and Aisha enjoy talking or exchanging e-mails with each child at least two or three times a week. According to intergenerational family research, this family's relationships are |
| | A) | intimate but distant. |
| | B) | sociable. |
| | C) | tight-knit. |
| | D) | obligatory. |
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Which middle-aged individual is MOST likely to care for an aging parent? |
| | A) | Richard, whose widowed mother-in-law is no longer able to care for herself |
| | B) | Anita, whose widowed mother is no longer able to care for herself |
| | C) | Larry, whose widowed mother is no longer able to care for herself |
| | D) | Harris, whose married mother-in-law is no longer able to care for herself |
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Grandparents who participated in a national survey by the AARP said they were MOST likely to do which of the following with regard to their grandchildren? |
| | A) | play sports with their grandchildren |
| | B) | have dinner together |
| | C) | help pay their grandchildren's living expenses |
| | D) | provide child care while the parents are at work |
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