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

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

What is Levinson’s Theory?

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

Typical adolescence is divided into _____ stages where the adolescent brain is not fully developed until about the age of ___.

What are 3 stages and age 25*? (credit can be given for 29 as well)

100

______ was the father of the modern study of adult development, introversion vs. extroversion


Who is Carl Jung?

100

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

What is False?

200

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

What is Postconventional stage of morality?

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

________ identity is the person’s self-definition as a separate and distinct individual while ______________ identity is part of the self-concept that comes from knowledge of one’s membership in a social group as well as emotional significance of that membership.

What is Psychological and Social identity? 

200

According to Erikson, young adults strive to develop the virtue of _____ during the intimacy vs. isolation stage.

What is the virtue of love?

200

What is the term for the brain disease in which memory and cognitive abilities deteriorate over time?

What is dementia?

300

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

What is Formal operational thought?

300

According to Erikson, during 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 is responsible for activating puberty by initiating hormonal production primarily in the pituitary and adrenal glands.

What is the Hypothalamus?

300

Altruism, anticipation, mature humor, sublimation, and suppression are all examples of what category of defense mechanisms?

What is mature defense mechanisms?

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

Carl Jung 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 desire while _________ is the process by which humans develop unique patterns and traits. 


What is individuation, differentiation?

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.

What is 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

According to Erikson, at what stage, am I contemplating whether my life was a good one?



What is 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.

Who is Marcia?

500

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

What is integrity v. despair; 65 and older

500

According to the textbook, pubertal ____________ refers to the time at which the pubertal process begins. Pubertal ____________ refers to how quickly or slowly an individual progresses through the puberty process.

What is Timing and Tempo?

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?


What is Hypertension, Diabetes, High cholesterol, and APOE-4 gene?