__________ adulthood is a new life stage between adolescence and adulthood.
a. Young
b. Middle
c. Older
d. Emerging
Question 2The premise that young people's personalities mature as they invest in their lives and the greater society through stable relationships and steady work is from __________.
a. the social investment theory
b. rank order consistency
c. the maturation of personality
d. behaviorism
Question 3Which trait is consistent with the maturation of personality?
a. higher neuroticism
b. lower neuroticism
c. lower conscientiousness
d. lower agreeableness
Question 4Which psychologist developed the social investment theory?
a. Abraham Maslow
b. Brent Roberts
c. Sigmund Freud
d. Carl Rogers
Question 5__________ is the idea that personalities mature as people enter important adult social roles such as establishing a career and starting a family.
a. Attachment theory
b. Piaget's theory of cognitive development
c. Erikson's theory of psychosocial development
d. Social investment theory
Question 6Robert has suffered from chronic alcoholism for the last 20 years and recently became sober. This is an example of __________.
a. maturation of personality
b. mean-level change
c. quantum change
d. temperament
Question 7Which of the following is NOT an example of someone actively creating an environment?
A) John was born into a large family, and he likes this because he has lots of siblings to play with, study with, and talk with.
B) John chooses to play competitive sports despite the fact that he sometimes gets injured, because he loves the adrenaline rush and the cheers of the crowd.
C) John picks his friends carefully because he doesn't want to hang around with people who are always getting into trouble.
D) John spends every Sunday with his grandmother because he enjoys hearing her tell stories of the old days.
E) John broke up with his girlfriend because he felt their goals in life were too dissimilar.
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