Whereas Havighurst's developmental tasks involve _________, Erikson's developmental tasks involve __________.
A) biological milestones; social roles
B) psychological challenges; biological milestones
C) psychological challenges; social roles
D) social roles; psychological challenges
Question 2Havighurst's developmental tasks are normative and
A) physical.
B) compulsory.
C) psychological.
D) sequential.
Question 3Aaron, a 22- year-old, was in the midst of accomplishing what Havighurst says is the appropriate developmental task for his stage of life when he
A) volunteered to help coach a neighborhood Little League baseball team.
B) became concerned about his rising cholesterol levels and went to see a doctor.
C) signed up for a course that promised to teach better problem-solving skills.
D) threw a party and invited all the people that had previously invited him.
Question 4According to Havighurst, the developmental tasks of young adulthood include
A) becoming involved in one's community.
B) acquiring problem-solving skills.
C) becoming socially responsible.
D) developing an ethical code of conduct.
Question 5Recentering refers to
A) control shifting from parents to the young adult.
B) changes in an individual's personality as he or she transitions from adolescence into young adulthood.
C) parental influence on a young adult's occupational choice.
D) the slowing down of biological development and the speeding up of cognitive and socioemotional development.
Question 6The first step in socioemotional development for young adults is __________. The second step is __________.
A) becoming self-sufficient; recentering
B) becoming self-sufficient; making social and emotional commitments
C) making social and emotional commitments; becoming self-sufficient
D) recentering; becoming self-sufficient;
Question 7In the classic study of stereotype threat, which group of college students, if any, was affected by the description of the test?
A) Both African-American and white
B) Neither African-American nor white
C) Only African-American
D) Only white
Question 8In a classic study (Steele, Spencer, & Aronson, 2002), researchers found that stereotype threat hurt the test performance of
A) both African-American and white college students when the test was described as measuring intellectual skills.
B) African-American but not white college students when the test was described as measuring intellectual skills.
C) white college students when the test was described as measuring intellectual skills and African-American students when the test was not described as measuring intellectual skills.
D) white but not African-American college students when the test was described as measuring intellectual skills.
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