UNL PSYC 289 Final Exam UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Senescence - CORRECT ANSWER - Decline in the functioning of the human body with age.
Telomeres - CORRECT ANSWER - DNA strands located at the bottom of chromosomes, set to
protect chromosomes from destruction.
Somatic Mutation - CORRECT ANSWER - A mutation that occurs in a body cell; can not be
passed onto offspring.
Free Radicals - CORRECT ANSWER - Natural occurring, highly reactive chemicals that form in
the presence of oxygen.
Cohabitation - CORRECT ANSWER - Living together without being married.
Menarche - CORRECT ANSWER - A woman's first menstrual period.
Spermarche - CORRECT ANSWER - A male's first occurrence of ejaculation.
When does adulthood begin? - CORRECT ANSWER - 18 - 25 years of age.
Epistemic Cognition Theory - Perry - CORRECT ANSWER - How the human thinking process
works and how one arrives at facts and ideas.
Dualistic Thinking - CORRECT ANSWER - Dividing information, values, and authority into right
and wrong, good and bad, we and they
, Relativistic Thinking - CORRECT ANSWER - Multiple ways of viewing a problem and that the
solutions people arrive at will depend on their starting assumptions and perspective.
Vocational Development: Fantasy Period - CORRECT ANSWER - Childhood - fantasizes about
"dream careers." (i.e. becoming a ballerina)
Vocational Development: Tentative Period - CORRECT ANSWER - Adolescents - focuses on
careers that pertain to personal interests. (i.e. doctors)
Vocational Development: Realistic Period - CORRECT ANSWER - Young Adults - focuses on
careers that one has capable abilities and intellect for. (i.e. nurses)
Homogamy - CORRECT ANSWER - The tendency to meet and marry someone similar to
ourselves.
Generativity - CORRECT ANSWER - Erikson's theory: Generativity .vs. Stagnation - an adult's
desire to leave a legacy for the next generation / offspring.
Stagnation - CORRECT ANSWER - Erikson's theory: Generativity .vs. Stagnation - Self
absorption. A failure to find a way to contribute. These individuals may feel disconnected or uninvolved
with their community and with society as a whole.
Life Structure - CORRECT ANSWER - Underlying design of life.
Vaillant - CORRECT ANSWER - Adaption to life. 20s: intimacy; 30s: career; 40s: generativity;
50s/60s: cultural values.
Dementia - CORRECT ANSWER - Extreme memory loss, mass confusion.
Alzheimers - CORRECT ANSWER - Progressively worsens, causes cell death and tissue loss in
brain (form of dementia).
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Senescence - CORRECT ANSWER - Decline in the functioning of the human body with age.
Telomeres - CORRECT ANSWER - DNA strands located at the bottom of chromosomes, set to
protect chromosomes from destruction.
Somatic Mutation - CORRECT ANSWER - A mutation that occurs in a body cell; can not be
passed onto offspring.
Free Radicals - CORRECT ANSWER - Natural occurring, highly reactive chemicals that form in
the presence of oxygen.
Cohabitation - CORRECT ANSWER - Living together without being married.
Menarche - CORRECT ANSWER - A woman's first menstrual period.
Spermarche - CORRECT ANSWER - A male's first occurrence of ejaculation.
When does adulthood begin? - CORRECT ANSWER - 18 - 25 years of age.
Epistemic Cognition Theory - Perry - CORRECT ANSWER - How the human thinking process
works and how one arrives at facts and ideas.
Dualistic Thinking - CORRECT ANSWER - Dividing information, values, and authority into right
and wrong, good and bad, we and they
, Relativistic Thinking - CORRECT ANSWER - Multiple ways of viewing a problem and that the
solutions people arrive at will depend on their starting assumptions and perspective.
Vocational Development: Fantasy Period - CORRECT ANSWER - Childhood - fantasizes about
"dream careers." (i.e. becoming a ballerina)
Vocational Development: Tentative Period - CORRECT ANSWER - Adolescents - focuses on
careers that pertain to personal interests. (i.e. doctors)
Vocational Development: Realistic Period - CORRECT ANSWER - Young Adults - focuses on
careers that one has capable abilities and intellect for. (i.e. nurses)
Homogamy - CORRECT ANSWER - The tendency to meet and marry someone similar to
ourselves.
Generativity - CORRECT ANSWER - Erikson's theory: Generativity .vs. Stagnation - an adult's
desire to leave a legacy for the next generation / offspring.
Stagnation - CORRECT ANSWER - Erikson's theory: Generativity .vs. Stagnation - Self
absorption. A failure to find a way to contribute. These individuals may feel disconnected or uninvolved
with their community and with society as a whole.
Life Structure - CORRECT ANSWER - Underlying design of life.
Vaillant - CORRECT ANSWER - Adaption to life. 20s: intimacy; 30s: career; 40s: generativity;
50s/60s: cultural values.
Dementia - CORRECT ANSWER - Extreme memory loss, mass confusion.
Alzheimers - CORRECT ANSWER - Progressively worsens, causes cell death and tissue loss in
brain (form of dementia).
