PSYO 220 Final Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
emerging adulthood - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--period of life between
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ages 18 and 25
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how many age 18-29 rated health good or better? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔--95.8% good to excellent | | |
-4.2% fair or poor
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how many age 18-24 felt no limitation to activity due to chronic health
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problem? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--95.3 no limitation
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how many felt that health was their greatest problem? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔--2% for ages 18-24 | | |
-15% for those over age 25
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how many times in a year did males and females age 18-30 visit a
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doctor? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--1 visit for 55% of males; 1 or more
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visit for 85% of females (most often for birth control)
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,growth in emerging adulthood - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--emerging
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adults have reached full height (girls usually by age 16, boys by age 18)
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-for both sexes, muscle growth and fat accumulation continue into the
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early 20s, when women attain adult breast and hip size and men reach
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full shoulder width and upper-arm strength
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immune system and disease in emerging adulthood - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔--by age 20, the immune system has developed well | | | | | | | | |
enough to fight off everything from the sniffles to cancer
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-usually, blood pressure is normal, teeth develop no new cavities, heart
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rate is steady, the brain is fully grown, and lung capacity is as large as it
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will ever be
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-death from disease almost never occurs during emerging adulthood
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attitudes on sex for reproduction in emerging adulthood - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔--reported as the main purpose of sex (more women than | | | | | | | | | |
men; more older than younger)
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-belief that abstinence is the contraception accepted for fertile women
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-marry young, pressured by values and sexual desires, plus parent
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pressure
attitudes on sex for recreation in emerging adulthood - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔--believed by one-fourth of people (more men than | | | | | | | |
women, especially younger men) | | |
,-belief that sex is a fundamental human drive; a highly pleasurable
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physical and mental activity | | |
-ideally, partners both reach orgasm, without making commitment
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attitudes on sex for relationships in emerging adulthood - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔--belief that sex is to strengthen pair bonding; dominant | | | | | | | | |
belief among emerging adults
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-preferred sequence: date, fall in love, decide on faithfulness, have sex,
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live together, marry and have children
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fertility in EA - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--sexual reproductive system is at
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its strongest during this age
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-miscarriage is less common; serious birth complications are unusual
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pregnancy and contraception in EA - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--advances
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in contraception have not only reduced the birth rate
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-they have also increased the rate of sexual activity
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-globally, emerging adults have fewer babies but engage in more sexual
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activity than older adults do (married or not) or than people their own
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age once did | |
STI risk in EA - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--half of all new cases occur in
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people younger than 26 | | |
-in Canada, highest rates were found in those younger than 30
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, other risks in EA - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--young adults enjoy danger:
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driving fast without seat belts, carrying guns, unprotected sex with a
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new partner, trying addictive drugs, and addictive gambling.
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-severe injuries and violent deaths - males at least twice as vulnerable
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as females
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-more people are murdered during emerging adulthood than at any
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other period |
-more specific accidental deaths
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-extreme sports |
-substance abuse |
-addiction
more specific accidental deaths in EA - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--drug
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overdose
-motor vehicle crashes| |
-drowning
extreme sports - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--include apparent risk of injury
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or death that are seen as attractive and thrilling
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substance abuse - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--ingestion of substances to
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the extent that it harms physical, cognitive, or psychosocial well-being
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Correct Answers
emerging adulthood - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--period of life between
| | | | | | | |
ages 18 and 25
| | |
how many age 18-29 rated health good or better? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔--95.8% good to excellent | | |
-4.2% fair or poor
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how many age 18-24 felt no limitation to activity due to chronic health
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problem? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--95.3 no limitation
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how many felt that health was their greatest problem? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔--2% for ages 18-24 | | |
-15% for those over age 25
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how many times in a year did males and females age 18-30 visit a
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
doctor? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--1 visit for 55% of males; 1 or more
| | | | | | | | | | | |
visit for 85% of females (most often for birth control)
| | | | | | | | |
,growth in emerging adulthood - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--emerging
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adults have reached full height (girls usually by age 16, boys by age 18)
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
-for both sexes, muscle growth and fat accumulation continue into the
| | | | | | | | | | |
early 20s, when women attain adult breast and hip size and men reach
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
full shoulder width and upper-arm strength
| | | | |
immune system and disease in emerging adulthood - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔--by age 20, the immune system has developed well | | | | | | | | |
enough to fight off everything from the sniffles to cancer
| | | | | | | | |
-usually, blood pressure is normal, teeth develop no new cavities, heart
| | | | | | | | | | |
rate is steady, the brain is fully grown, and lung capacity is as large as it
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
will ever be
| |
-death from disease almost never occurs during emerging adulthood
| | | | | | | |
attitudes on sex for reproduction in emerging adulthood - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔--reported as the main purpose of sex (more women than | | | | | | | | | |
men; more older than younger)
| | | |
-belief that abstinence is the contraception accepted for fertile women
| | | | | | | | |
-marry young, pressured by values and sexual desires, plus parent
| | | | | | | | | |
pressure
attitudes on sex for recreation in emerging adulthood - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔--believed by one-fourth of people (more men than | | | | | | | |
women, especially younger men) | | |
,-belief that sex is a fundamental human drive; a highly pleasurable
| | | | | | | | | | |
physical and mental activity | | |
-ideally, partners both reach orgasm, without making commitment
| | | | | | |
attitudes on sex for relationships in emerging adulthood - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔--belief that sex is to strengthen pair bonding; dominant | | | | | | | | |
belief among emerging adults
| | |
-preferred sequence: date, fall in love, decide on faithfulness, have sex,
| | | | | | | | | | |
live together, marry and have children
| | | | |
fertility in EA - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--sexual reproductive system is at
| | | | | | | | | |
its strongest during this age
| | | |
-miscarriage is less common; serious birth complications are unusual
| | | | | | | |
pregnancy and contraception in EA - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--advances
| | | | | | | |
in contraception have not only reduced the birth rate
| | | | | | | |
-they have also increased the rate of sexual activity
| | | | | | | |
-globally, emerging adults have fewer babies but engage in more sexual
| | | | | | | | | | |
activity than older adults do (married or not) or than people their own
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
age once did | |
STI risk in EA - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--half of all new cases occur in
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
people younger than 26 | | |
-in Canada, highest rates were found in those younger than 30
| | | | | | | | | |
, other risks in EA - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--young adults enjoy danger:
| | | | | | | | | |
driving fast without seat belts, carrying guns, unprotected sex with a
| | | | | | | | | | |
new partner, trying addictive drugs, and addictive gambling.
| | | | | | |
-severe injuries and violent deaths - males at least twice as vulnerable
| | | | | | | | | | | |
as females
|
-more people are murdered during emerging adulthood than at any
| | | | | | | | | |
other period |
-more specific accidental deaths
| | |
-extreme sports |
-substance abuse |
-addiction
more specific accidental deaths in EA - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--drug
| | | | | | | | |
overdose
-motor vehicle crashes| |
-drowning
extreme sports - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--include apparent risk of injury
| | | | | | | | |
or death that are seen as attractive and thrilling
| | | | | | | |
substance abuse - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--ingestion of substances to
| | | | | | | |
the extent that it harms physical, cognitive, or psychosocial well-being
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