Theories
Ages & Stages
Adolescence
Y & M Adulthood
Late Adulthood
100

According to Kohlberg, adolescents are entering this stage of moral development. 

Postconventional Morality

100

According to Erikson, what stage of adulthood and which emotional stage of development is a person undergoing between the ages of 20 and 40?

What is young adulthood; intimacy vs. isolation

100

True or False. Persons aged 12 to 17 were 4.7 times more likely to be victimized by friends or acquaintances than were persons aged 35 or older.

True

100

According to Erikson, young adults strive to develop the virtue of _____ during the _____ vs. _______ stage between ages __ - __ yrs.


What is the virtue of love during the intimacy vs. isolation stage between ages 20-40 yrs.

100

True or False. Formal resources are those provided by family members and typically have eligibility requirements that a person has to meet in order to qualify. 

False
200

According to this theory, the life course is perceived as a sequence of eras or seasons.

Levinson’s Theory

200

According to Erikson, what stage of adulthood and which psychosocial stage of development is a person undergoing between the ages of 40 and 65?


What is middle adulthood; Generativity vs. Stagnation

200

The adolescent brain is not fully developed until about the age of ___.

25

200

______ was the father of the modern study of adult development, introversion vs. extroversion; This theorist states that ____ is the full development of all aspects of the self into a unique and harmonious whole that gives expression to repressed attributes and desires. 

Who is Jung; what is individuation

200

True or False. Late adulthood is not 65 and older.

False

300

According to Arnett, this age of development ranges between the ages of 18 and 29.

What is Emerging Adulthood

300

According to this age range, success leads to a strong sense of self and failure leads to not being sure of who I am.

What is 12 to 19 years?

300

_________ is the area of the brain that activates puberty by initiating hormonal production primarily in the pituitary and adrenal glands.

Hypothalamus

300

Which defense mechanism attributes unacknowledged feelings or emotions onto the other? Be sure to identify whether this is a mature or immature defense mechanism.

What is Projection; immature

300

What is used to describe the process of reflecting on one’s life through evaluation and making sense of one’s life?  It includes a reinterpretation of past experiences and unresolved conflicts .

Life Review

400

According to Piaget, adolescents are entering this stage of moral development evidenced by the ability to utilize abstract reasoning and hypothetical thinking.

Formal operational thought

400

According to Erikson, this psychosocial stage suggests that adults can form loving and lasting relationships with others.

What is Intimacy vs. Isolation

400

According to the process of developing personal identity, which of the aspects refers to no commitment made to roles and values, with or without exploration.

Identity diffusion

400

What theory recognizes that we each travel through life with a convoy, or a network of social relationships that protect, defend, aid, and socialize us?

What is social convoy theory

400

At this stage, I am contemplating if my life a good one.



Integrity vs. Despair

500

Which theorist expanded on Erikson’s Theory reporting four identity aspects based on the amount of 1) exploration and 2) commitment.

Marcia

500

At this age and stage, I am contemplating if my life a good one.

What is integrity v. despair; 65 and older

500

The development that consists of the development of one’s ________which is the person’s self-definition as a separate and distinct individual and ________ which is the part of the self-concept that comes from knowledge of one’s membership and emotional significance of that membership.

Psychological and Social Identity

500

During young and middle adulthood, what changes do women experience that involves their reproductive system and sexuality?

What is the supply of egg cells are depleted, ovarian  production of hormones slows, which ends with menopause


500

What are the four biological risk factors have been identified for cognitive decline in older adulthood?


Hypertension, Diabetes, High cholesterol, and APOE gene

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