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Which of the following groups of people have significantly shorter life expectancies?


A) Francophone Canadians
B) first generation immigrants to Canada
C) single mothers
D) Aboriginal Canadians

E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

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According to Schaie, what is the mission of people in late adulthood?


A) responsibility
B) executive
C) achievement
D) reintegration

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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One of the primary questions young adults face is whether to marry.

A) True
B) False

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According to John Holland's personality type theory, people who are down-to-earth, practical problem solvers, and physically strong but have mediocre social skills are best described as


A) conventional.
B) enterprising.
C) realistic.
D) intellectual.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Which of the following is a typical characteristic of a happy marriage?


A) Partners show affection and communicate relatively little negativity about one another.
B) Partners establish early on in the marriage the superior and inferior positions of the partners.
C) Partners perceive themselves as two independent entities rather than interdependent.
D) Partners show restraint in expressing their feelings and concerns about their relationship.

E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

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The divorce rate in Canada peaked in 1987 and now appears to be on the decline.

A) True
B) False

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The average age of postsecondary students has increased in recent years.

A) True
B) False

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According to Ginzberg, the period lasting until about age 11, when career choices are made, and discarded, without regard to skills, abilities, or available job opportunities is called


A) career consolidation.
B) fantasy period.
C) tentative period.
D) realistic period.

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Creative people develop and endorse ideas that are fashionable or regarded as right.

A) True
B) False

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According to developmental psychologist K.Warner Schaie, the period of late adulthood during which the focus is on tasks that have personal meaning is called


A) responsible stage.
B) reintegrative stage.
C) executive stage.
D) achieving stage.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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All physical development ends in early adulthood.

A) True
B) False

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According to psychologist Bernard Murstein, the second stage of his stimulus-value-role (SVR) is based on


A) similar interests and values within the second to the seventh encounter.
B) close geographical proximity and availability.
C) physical characteristics such as the way someone looks.
D) increased interactions between two people of different backgrounds.

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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Briefly explain Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence.

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Sternberg suggests that intelligence is ...

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Mitra is 21 years old.She has two jobs and is attending a local community college.Due to her hectic schedule, she is experiencing several stressors that are contributing to physical ailments.Mitra does not want to take medication for her stress, so the college therapist suggests that Mitra try to increase contact with her friends as a means of decreasing her stress.Turning to friends for assistance and comfort is referred to as


A) social support.
B) emotion-focused coping.
C) hardiness.
D) resiliency to stress.

E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

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According to psychologist John Holland's research, the greater the correspondence between career choices and _____________, the happier people will be in their choice.


A) family/marriage responsibilities
B) family history and birth order
C) physical attributes and genetic predisposition
D) personality traits

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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Graduates of postsecondary education


A) are essentially guaranteed a higher than average income level.
B) are more likely to attain a higher than average income level than non-graduates.
C) are equally likely as non-graduates to be in the lowest income group.
D) that are in the lower than average income group are more likely to be men than women.

E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

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When a person uses information he/she has been taught (e.g., chooses formulas and problem-solving strategies) to solve problems in a rational way, psychologist Robert Sternberg suggests that that person is demonstrating


A) contextual intelligence.
B) experiential intelligence.
C) practical intelligence.
D) componential intelligence.

E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

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The term used for couples who live together without being married is


A) friends.
B) cohabitation.
C) persons of the opposite sex sharing living quarters (POSSLQs) .
D) roommates.

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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