Adolescence
Two areas of the brain experience a significant growth spurt, myelination and synaptic pruning during adolescence and they are the ______ and the _______.
frontal lobe and cerebellum
During emerging adulthood we are generally ______ concerned with what others think about us in terms of informing our sense of self-esteem.
less
One of the primary milestones during early adulthood according to Erikson is looking for true _______.
intimacy (a life partner)
These two senses tend to see significant declines over the course of middle adulthood and they are _____ and _____.
vision and hearing
Erikson's stage for late adulthood is called
integrity versus despair
The ability to think about "what if's" and entertain ideas about abstract concepts is the stage of ________ ____ thinking according the Piaget.
formal operational
In a collectivistic culture identity formation may involve more identity foreclosure whereas in an individualistic culture emerging adults would spend more time in __________.
moratorium
Marriage for _____ is a relatively new concept.
love
There is great variability in how women experience a lowering of estrogen levels which results ultimately in the cessation of menstruation and this is referred to as __________.
menopause
The tendency for older adults to be more picky about who they spend time with limiting it to those they truly enjoy is called
socioemotional selectivity theory
One version of adolescent egocentrism that involves feeling self-conscious and sure everyone notices your flaws is referred to as ________ ________.
imaginary audience
In the United States emerging adults surveys indicated that they are religious but this does not mean they actually _____ _______.
practice religion
Marital satisfaction tends to be ________ during the first couple of years of marriage.
high
This type of intelligence can continue to develop regardless of age and is called __________ intelligence
crystallized
Successful aging is described as staying healthy, socially engaged and
cognitively active
According to Kohlberg, by about 10 years of age we have internalized most rules of society and want to be accepted by our peers and this dictates our moral reasoning. This stage of moral reasoning is called _________.
conventional
During emerging adulthood the most common way that friends spend time together is ________.
just hanging out (unstructured)
Identify one of the 4 factors correlated with marital satisfaction in Western cultures?
realistic expectations, shared interests, shared roles and responsibilities, shared power
(fundamental enjoyment of each other and a commitment to work out problems together)
The characterists of 50-year-olds that predicted later health most strongly were smoking habits, alcohol use, and _________.
being over weight
A response to aging that involves selecting valued activities and dropping others involves 3 components and they are _______ ________ with ________.
selective optimization with compensation
During adolescence friendships change and become more intimate, the small group of intimate friends is referred to as a _________.
clique
Erikson proposed that this stage of psychosocial development occurred during adolescence but due to economic and educational changes in the recent decades this stage occurs well into emerging adulthood and is called _____ __ _____ ______.
identity versus identity confusion
The impact of having children tends to result in a _______ in marital satisfaction.
decline
The desire to contribute to the well-being of generations to come ( a major milestone according to Erikson) is referred to as
generativity
Three lifestyle practices that have a positive influence on health are access to good health care, a healthy diet and
exercise.