Some theorists have pieced together cognitive changes in young adults and proposed a new stage of cognitive development. This stage is termed as
- preformal thought.
- postformal thought.
- postconventional thought.
- preconventional thought.
Postformal Thought: Thinking that is reflective, relativistic, contextual, provisional, realistic, and influenced by emotions.
Which of the following is a difference between formal operational thought and postformal thought?
- realistic thinking
- abstract thinking
- logical thinking
- idealistic thinking
Creative Thinking: The ability to think in novel and unusual ways and to come up with unique solutions to problems.
Research on the idea of the postformal stage of cognitive development has
- proven that formal operational thinking is qualitatively more advanced than postformal thinking.
- found no evidence of postformal thought in young adults.
- yet to document that postformal thought is a qualitatively more advanced stage than formal operational thought.
- found that concrete operational thought is more advanced than postformal thought.
Postformal Thought: Thinking that is reflective, relativistic, contextual, provisional, realistic, and influenced by emotions.
Which of the following statements accurately describes postformal thought as being provisional?
- Young adults understand that thinking must be realistic and pragmatic instead of abstract.
- Many young adults see the search for truth as an ongoing and perhaps never-ending process.
- Emerging and young adults are more likely than adolescents to understand that their thinking is influenced by emotions.
- As young adults engage in solving problems, they might think deeply about many aspects of work, politics, and other areas of life.
Postformal Thought: Thinking that is reflective, relativistic, contextual, provisional, realistic, and influenced by emotions.
About ________ college men admit to forcing sexual activity.
- a quarter of
- three in four
- one in ten
- two-thirds of
Researchers have found that male rapists share the following characteristics: aggression enhances their sense of power or masculinity; they are angry at women in general; and
- they have an overwhelming need for sex.
- they want to hurt and humiliate their victims.
- they believe that the victim was not hurt by the rape.
- they are generally physically strong men.
Rape: Forcible sexual intercourse with a person who does not consent to it.
A number of colleges and universities describe the "red zone" as a period of time ________ of college when women are at especially high risk for unwanted sexual experiences.
- early in the first year
- late in the last year
- around the second year
- in the second and third year
Sensorimotor Stage: The first of Piaget’s stages, which lasts from birth to about 2 years of age; infants construct an understanding of the world by coordinating sensory experiences with motoric actions.
Gina's boyfriend forced her to have sexual intercourse with him during their last date. Gina encountered
- marital rape.
- date or acquaintance rape.
- sexual harassment.
- sexual coercion, not amounting to rape.
Rape: Forcible sexual intercourse with a person who does not consent to it.
Which of the following is the average age of marriage for males in the United States?
- 30.2
- 29.5
- 26.8
- 25.4
Sucking Reflex: A newborn’s built-in reaction to automatically suck an object placed in its mouth. The sucking reflex enables the infant to get nourishment before he or she has associated a nipple with food and also serves as a self-soothing or self-regulating mechanism.
Which of the following is included in the patterns of heterosexual behavior for males and females in emerging adulthood?
- Emerging adults are less likely than young adults to have had sexual intercourse with two or more individuals.
- Males report being more selective about their sexual partners than females.
- Casual sex is more common in emerging adulthood than in the late twenties.
- Emerging adults have sex more frequently than young adults.
Emerging Adulthood: The transition from adolescence to adulthood (occurring from approximately 18 to 25 years of age), which is characterized by experimentation and exploration.
Emerging adulthood is a time frame during which most individuals are
- in exclusive relationships and married.
- abstaining from sex and unmarried.
- sexually active and unmarried.
- sexually active and married.
Emerging Adulthood: The transition from adolescence to adulthood (occurring from approximately 18 to 25 years of age), which is characterized by experimentation and exploration.
Which of the following statements is true about sexual activity in emerging adulthood?
- Surveys usually indicate that slightly less than 10 percent of individuals have experienced sexual intercourse at the beginning of emerging adulthood (age 18).
- According to Lefkowitz and Gillen, emerging adulthood is a time frame during which most individuals are unmarried but are hardly sexually active.
- Most individuals have had sexual intercourse by the end of emerging adulthood (age 25).
- Casual sex is more common in the late twenties than in emerging adulthood.
Emerging Adulthood: The transition from adolescence to adulthood (occurring from approximately 18 to 25 years of age), which is characterized by experimentation and exploration.