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1. Personality adjustment refers to developmental changes in personality occurring as
Select one:
a. an adaptive response.
b. an ideal response.
c. an ego response.
d. a conflict response. correct answers a. an adaptive response.
1. Levinson and colleagues found evidence of a midlife crisis in the men in his study,
Select one:
a. and a midlife crisis is more likely in midlife than a crisis at any other point in life.
b. and subsequent research has found that women are more likely than men to have a midlife
crisis.
c. and subsequent research has found that men are more likely than women to have a midlife
crisis.
d. but most follow-up research has failed to support the universality of such crises in midlife.
correct answers d. but most follow-up research has failed to support the universality of such
crises in midlife.
1. Which of the following is not a dimension of the theory by Costa and McCrae?
Select one:
a. neuroticism
b. psychoticism
c. agreeableness
d. conscientiousness correct answers b. psychoticism
1. According to neuroscience research, amygdala activation and emotional arousal are
_________ in older adults, which might explain the ________ rates of depression and negative
emotion.
Select one:
a. lower; higher
b. higher; lower
c. higher; higher
d. lower; lower correct answers d. lower; lower
1. Personality adjustment involves _________, whereas personal growth involves __________.
Select one:
a. adaptive value; stability
b. adaptive value; ideal end states
c. ideal end states; change
d. stability; change correct answers b. adaptive value; ideal end states
1. Which of the following statements about Kegan's stage theory of self-concept is true?
Select one:
a. Kegan's first three stages are similar to Piaget's first three stages.
, b. Kegan's last three stages occur in the following order: interindividual, institutional, and
interpersonal.
c. Personality development unfolds in precise steps and stages.
d. All of these statements are true. correct answers a. Kegan's first three stages are similar to
Piaget's first three stages.
1. Which of the following is not an assumption about traits?
Select one:
a. Behaviours represented by traits must be distinctive.
b. Traits are stable characteristics.
c. Absolute quantitative standards are used to define traits.
d. Traits are based on relative comparisons across people. correct answers c. Absolute
quantitative standards are used to define traits.
1. Which of the following is not one of Kotre's types of generativity?
Select one:
a. cultural
b. agentic
c. technical
d. personal correct answers d. personal
1. The best conclusion to make about personal concerns is that there is
Select one:
a. some change, but it is not tied to any specific ages.
b. no change.
c. some change but it is related to a person's age.
d. a midlife crisis. correct answers a. some change, but it is not tied to any specific ages.
1. Older adults who reported having very little religious commitment also reported
Select one:
a. unstable dispositional traits.
b. low self-worth.
c. unstable personal concerns.
d. high life satisfaction. correct answers b. low self-worth.
1. Which of the following behaviours might be considered abnormal in younger adults but might
be considered adaptive in older adults?
Select one:
a. passivity
b. paranoia
c. autonomy
d. memory impaired correct answers a. passivity
1. A type of therapy that emphasizes changing maladaptive beliefs and thoughts is
Select one:
a. psychoanalytic therapy.
1. Personality adjustment refers to developmental changes in personality occurring as
Select one:
a. an adaptive response.
b. an ideal response.
c. an ego response.
d. a conflict response. correct answers a. an adaptive response.
1. Levinson and colleagues found evidence of a midlife crisis in the men in his study,
Select one:
a. and a midlife crisis is more likely in midlife than a crisis at any other point in life.
b. and subsequent research has found that women are more likely than men to have a midlife
crisis.
c. and subsequent research has found that men are more likely than women to have a midlife
crisis.
d. but most follow-up research has failed to support the universality of such crises in midlife.
correct answers d. but most follow-up research has failed to support the universality of such
crises in midlife.
1. Which of the following is not a dimension of the theory by Costa and McCrae?
Select one:
a. neuroticism
b. psychoticism
c. agreeableness
d. conscientiousness correct answers b. psychoticism
1. According to neuroscience research, amygdala activation and emotional arousal are
_________ in older adults, which might explain the ________ rates of depression and negative
emotion.
Select one:
a. lower; higher
b. higher; lower
c. higher; higher
d. lower; lower correct answers d. lower; lower
1. Personality adjustment involves _________, whereas personal growth involves __________.
Select one:
a. adaptive value; stability
b. adaptive value; ideal end states
c. ideal end states; change
d. stability; change correct answers b. adaptive value; ideal end states
1. Which of the following statements about Kegan's stage theory of self-concept is true?
Select one:
a. Kegan's first three stages are similar to Piaget's first three stages.
, b. Kegan's last three stages occur in the following order: interindividual, institutional, and
interpersonal.
c. Personality development unfolds in precise steps and stages.
d. All of these statements are true. correct answers a. Kegan's first three stages are similar to
Piaget's first three stages.
1. Which of the following is not an assumption about traits?
Select one:
a. Behaviours represented by traits must be distinctive.
b. Traits are stable characteristics.
c. Absolute quantitative standards are used to define traits.
d. Traits are based on relative comparisons across people. correct answers c. Absolute
quantitative standards are used to define traits.
1. Which of the following is not one of Kotre's types of generativity?
Select one:
a. cultural
b. agentic
c. technical
d. personal correct answers d. personal
1. The best conclusion to make about personal concerns is that there is
Select one:
a. some change, but it is not tied to any specific ages.
b. no change.
c. some change but it is related to a person's age.
d. a midlife crisis. correct answers a. some change, but it is not tied to any specific ages.
1. Older adults who reported having very little religious commitment also reported
Select one:
a. unstable dispositional traits.
b. low self-worth.
c. unstable personal concerns.
d. high life satisfaction. correct answers b. low self-worth.
1. Which of the following behaviours might be considered abnormal in younger adults but might
be considered adaptive in older adults?
Select one:
a. passivity
b. paranoia
c. autonomy
d. memory impaired correct answers a. passivity
1. A type of therapy that emphasizes changing maladaptive beliefs and thoughts is
Select one:
a. psychoanalytic therapy.
