HDFS 21000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Population Ageing, Dementia
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EXAM 3 HDFS 210
Special Topic – Emerging Adulthood
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1. What stage of Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory covers emerging adulthood?
a. What are the characteristics that define this stage?
2. How is Emerging Adulthood defined by Dr. Arnett?
a. Why did he create this developmental period?
b. What social changes have resulted in EA?
c. Why is going to college a crucial aspect of EA theory?
3. What are the five features of Emerging Adulthood?
a. Make sure you know all five, and could give examples of each.
4. What are the phases of Emerging Adulthood?
a. Launching/Exploring/Landing
b. What are the differences between these three phases?
5. College Life
a. What do studies overall show about the mental health of college students?
a.i. What did the Healthy Minds Study show about who uses mental health
services in college?
a.ii. What outcomes are associated with poor mental health in college?
b. What gender differences occur in relation to suicide? And why?
c. What happens to self-esteem in emerging adulthood (increases? decreases?
stays the same?)
Key words:
Rites of passage Role transitions Landing Launching Exploring
Chapter 7: Early Adulthood
Module 7.1 – Early adulthood physical development
1. What are physical capabilities and health like in early adulthood?
2. What are the leading causes of mortality at this age?
3. What are major challenges to health and well-being at this age?
Stress and Coping
4. Definitions
a. What do we mean by stressor?
b. Stress response?
c. What characteristics of a stressor make it more likely of producing stress?
5. Physiological responses to stress
a. What physiological changes in the body occur in response to stress?
b. What are the implications for short-term vs. long term activation of the stress
response system?
6. What are the two types of appraisals of stressors and how do they differ?
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a. How do other characteristics (controllability, frequency, duration, meaningfulness,
and concerns about self vs. others) affect how a stressor is appraised?
7. What are the different types of coping strategies that were discussed in class?
a. What does the effectiveness of a coping strategy depend on?
b. What types of coping resources are there and why are they important?
c. What techniques have been shown to help reduce stress?
Module 7.2 – Early adulthood cognitive development
1. What is “postformal thought?”
2. What are some of the different theories of intellectual development?
a. Perry
b. Schaie
c. Labouvie-Vief
What is the role of education in the development of postformal thinking (as evidenced
through Perry’s work)?
3. What is the difference between dualistic and relativistic thinking and how do they change
over early adulthood?
4. What is Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory of Intelligence?
5. What are the differences between practical and emotional intelligence?
a. What are they related to?
6. What are the demographics of higher education?
a. How are the demographics of higher education changing?
b. What are characteristics of nontraditional students? What challenges may they
face?
7. What are threats to optimal performance in college for women / minorities?
a. What is stereotype threat?
Special Topic: Intelligence (video)
1. Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences: What types of intelligences does Gardner
state exist? How do they differ from using IQ to measure intelligence?
2. IQ—what is it? How is it traditionally measured? Why is it a useful measure? What is g?
3. Battle of the Brains—what type of intelligence(s) did the video in class demonstrate?
What was different about Nathan’s brain (the high IQ expert) according to the MRI scan
he underwent? Why would that relate to his high IQ? What did the video suggest about
general intelligence—did individuals tend to do better on tasks related to their special
interests or did people do well across the tasks? Did the 'winner' support the idea of
multiple intelligences or 'g'?" The video retested adults aged 79 and 80 on the IQ test
(they had taken it previously as a child). What did the study find? What did IQ predict?
Module 7.3 – Early adulthood social and personality development
1. What are the major tasks of early adulthood?
2. Erikson stage of intimacy vs. isolation
3. How do young adults form/maintain loving relationships?
a. Passionate and companionate love
b. Sternberg’s Triangular Theory
4. What do marital trends telling us about the rate and timing of marriage in the U.S.?
5. What are the different theories of mate selection?
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