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Q: Identify the college programs that offer paid apprenticeships in the area of the student's academic field. Cooperative (co-op) programs

Q: List the five key features identified by Jeffrey Arnett as characterizing emerging adulthood. Jeffrey Arnett recently concluded that five key features characterize emerging adulthood: identity exploration, especially in love and work; instability; being self-focused; feeling in-between; and the age of possibilities, a time when individuals have an opportunity to transform their lives.

Q: According to research conducted by Wu & others in 2009, what is the best strategy to lose weight?

Q: Identify the term given to the common practice among college students of drinking alcohol before going out.

Q: Identify the disorder that involves long-term, repeated, uncontrolled, compulsive, and excessive use of alcoholic beverages that impairs the drinker's health and social relationships.

Q: Identify the coercive sexual activity that is directed at someone with whom the perpetrator is at least casually acquainted.

Q: Identify the stage of cognitive development that is believed to follow Piaget's fourth state of formal operational thought.

Q: Identify the theorist who studied creative people, and coined the term "flow" to describe a heightened state of pleasure experienced when we are engaged in mental and physical challenges that absorb us.

Q: Identify the ingrained cultural belief that engaging in hard work for long hours through adulthood will lead to status, security, and happiness. The career mystique

Q: The invisible barrier to career advancement that prevents women and ethnic minorities from holding managerial or executive jobs, regardless of their accomplishments and merits is known as the: A. brick wall. B. glass wall. C. glass ceiling. D.

Q: Carol, a mid-level manager at Pegasus Incorporated, has not received a promotion in the last three years despite good performance and good ratings at performance appraisals. If she were to be promoted, she would be the only female employee at top management level. Carol seems to have hit the: A. brick wall. B. glass wall. C. glass ceiling. D.

Q: Identify the theorist who recently concluded that five key features characterize emerging adulthood: identity exploration, instability, self-focused, feeling in-between, and the age of possibilities. Jeffrey Arnett

Q: Identify the term given recently to refer to the transition from adolescence to adulthood that occurs from approximately 18 to 25 years of age.

Q: Identify the form of sustained exercise (e.g., jogging, swimming) that stimulates heart and lung activity.

Q: Which of the following statements is true about diversity in the workplace? A. In the United States, more than one-fourth of todays lawyers, physicians, computer scientists, and chemists are women. B. Women and ethnic minorities are usually able to break through the glass ceiling that aids them to reach to higher rungs on the corporate ladder. C. France has the highest percentage of ethnic diversity in its workplace. D.

Q: More than 1,000 colleges in the United States offer cooperative (co-op) programs, which are: A. service jobs on campus. B. paid apprenticeships in a field that students are interested in pursuing. C. community service programs. D.

Q: Economic problems that led to the recession at the end of the first decade of the twenty-first century produced: A. stability in unemployment rates. B. low unemployment rates. C. moderate change in unemployment rates. D.

Q: Which of the following statements is true about the impact of unemployment on an individual? A. Researchers have found that unemployment is related to homicide. B. Life satisfaction drops considerably following unemployment and completely returns upon reemployment. C. Temporary unemployment is the only scenario in which stress is not experienced. D.

Q: Which of the following changes is seen in the division of responsibility for work and family when more U.S. women took jobs outside home? A. U.S. men started avoiding any responsibility for maintaining the homes. B. U.S. women retracted and withdrew from taking responsibility for breadwinning. C. U.S. women and men failed to adapt any strategies to co-ordinate work and family. D.

Q: Which of the following is true of work patterns in the U.S.? A. Most individuals spend half of their time at work. B. Most Americans work less than 30 hours a week. C. More than a third of Americans work 40 hours a week. D.

Q: Which of the following is a trend in the U.S. workforce? A. Decrease in number of individuals who work at a series of jobs. B. Disappearance of short-term career paths for adults. C. Appearance of long-term careers for an increasing number of individuals. D.

Q: Ishmael is experiencing a lot of stress at the workplace. Trends indicated in a recent national survey of U.S. adults suggest that Ishmael: A. is likely to view stress as a positive thing. B. will be less productive because of stress. C. will be energized by the stress. D.

Q: As per the survey conducted by American Psychological Association in 2007, _____ was identified as the leading source of stress at the workplace. A. low salaries B. uncertain job expectations C. long working hours D.

Q: Which of the following statements is true about expectations at a workplace? A. Researchers Hall & Mirvis suggest that very few adults usually have changing expectations about work. B. Many workers today want less control over their work schedules. C. There is always absolute concurrence between the expectations of the employers and the expectations of the employees. D.

Q: Which of the following statements is true about working while in college? A. Working more hours results in a decline in grades. B. Working while in college has largely positive effects. C. Working while in college is to be discouraged as it does not contribute to education in any way. D.

Q: Identify the concept, recently described by Phyllis Moen, which reflects ingrained cultural beliefs that engaging in hard work for long hours through adulthood will produce a path to status, security, and happiness. A. The American dream B. The mythical career C. The career mystique D.

Q: Ever since she passed out of college, Jane has been working long hours at her job as an accountant with a small company in the hope that her hard work will pay off, and that she will achieve success in her career and economic stability. Jane obviously believes in what Phyllis Moen describes as the: A. glass ceiling. B. mythical career. C. career mystique. D.

Q: In interviews with 12- to 22-year-olds about finding their purpose in life, William Damon found that: A. most expressed no aspirations, and in some instances said they didn't see any reason to have aspirations. B. the largest percentage had engaged in some potentially purposeful activities, but still did not have a real commitment or any reasonable plans for reaching their goals. C. most have a clear vision of where they want to go in life, what they want to achieve, and why. D.

Q: According to the U.S. government's Occupational Outlook Handbook, 20122013, which of the following areas of work are expected to account for the most new jobs in the next decade? A. Agriculture B. Manufacturing C. Education D.

Q: As per the Occupational Outlook Handbook, which of the following statements is TRUE about jobs? A. Projected job growth is independent of the educational requirements. B. According to the 20122013 handbook, service industries will generate the least number of new jobs in the next decade. C. Jobs that require a college degree are least expected to grow the fastest. D.

Q: In such fields as lyric poetry, abstract math, and theoretical physics, the peak of creativity is often reached during _____. A. late fifties B. twenties or thirties C. early adolescence D.

Q: According to Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, _____ refers to a heightened state of pleasure experienced when we are engaged in mental and physical challenges that absorb us. A. bliss B. flow C. euphoria D.

Q: Which of the following statements is TRUE about creativity? A. In such fields as philosophy and history, older adults often show as less creativity as they did when they were in their thirties and forties. B. Typically, the most productive creators in any field are hardly as prolific as their least productive counterparts. C. In such fields as lyric poetry, abstract math, and theoretical physics, the peak of creativity is often reached in the late seventies or eighties. D.

Q: Which of the following is NOT one of the steps toward a more creative life as identified by Csikszentmihalyi? A. Wake up in the morning without a specific goal to look forward to. B. When something sparks your interest, follow it. C. Try to be surprised by something every day. D.

Q: Mini wants to know what activities would be most conducive to creative thinking. Based on what people reported in Csikszentmihalyi's research, you would suggest that Mini would be at her creative best during activities that: A. demand complete attention. B. leave little time free to think about peripheral issues. C. are semiautomatic. D.

Q: According to Piaget, the _____ stage of cognitive development characterizes adults as well as adolescents. A. formal operational B. concrete operational C. sensorimotor D.

Q: Which of the following is a similarity in the reasoning of Jean Piaget and information-processing psychologists? A. The cognitive ability of adolescents and young adults are quantitatively identical. B. Adolescents are capable of concrete operational thinking, and only in adulthood do individuals enter the formal operational stage. C. Adults think more idealistically than adolescents do. D.

Q: Some theorists have pieced together cognitive changes in young adults and proposed a new stage of cognitive development. This stage is termed as _____. A. preformal thought B. postformal thought C. postconventional thought D.

Q: Which of the following is a difference between formal operational thought and postformal thought? A. Realistic thinking B. Abstract thinking C. Logical thinking D.

Q: According to a study using the Complex Postformal Thought Questionnaire, which of the following statements about the postformal stage of cognitive development is TRUE? A. Adolescents are just as likely as young adults to engage in postformal thinking. B. College students who have cross-category friends scored higher on the postformal thought measure. C. College students who have cross-category friends are less likely to engage in postformal thought. D.

Q: Research on the idea of the postformal stage of cognitive development has: A. proven that formal operational thinking is qualitatively more advanced than postformal thinking. B. found no evidence of postformal thought in young adults. C. yet to document that postformal thought is a qualitatively more advanced stage than formal operational thought. D.

Q: Which of the following statements is true about sexual harassment? A. Sexual harassment of men by women also occurs but to a far lesser extent than sexual harassment of women by men. B. Gestures such as patting and brushing against another persons body are different from sexual harassment. C. Sexual harassment is absent in any educational setting. D.

Q: According to Piaget, which of the following is the final stage of cognitive development? A. Sensorimotor stage B. Concrete operational stage C. Formal operational stage D.

Q: According to Jean Piaget, at approximately 11 to 15 years of age, adolescents enter the _____ stage of cognitive development. A. formal operational B. concrete operational C. preoperational D.

Q: According to Jean Piaget, which of the following characterizes the thinking of 7- to 11-year-olds? A. Preoperational thinking B. Formal operational thinking C. Concrete operational thinking D.

Q: Piaget stressed that young adults are more quantitatively advanced in their thinking than adolescents because: A. they engage in less logical and abstract thinking. B. they have more knowledge. C. they enter the concrete operational stage at about 18 years of age. D.

Q: A major study was conducted by Fisher, Cullen, & Turner in 2000 which focused on campus sexual assault, involved a phone survey of 4,446 women attending two- or four-year colleges. As per the study, which of the following observations is TRUE about stalking? A. Most women were stalked by strangers. B. More than half of women students said that they had been stalked. C. Most women knew their stalkers. D.

Q: About _____ college men admit to forcing sexual activity. A. a quarter of B. 3 in 4 C. 1 in 10 D.

Q: A number of college and universities describe the "red zone" as a period of time _____ of college when women are at especially high risk for unwanted sexual experiences. A. early in the first year B. late in the last year C. around the second year D.

Q: Sexual harassment is a manifestation of: A. genuine attraction toward the victim. B. appropriate sexual contact between two individuals. C. power of one person over another. D.

Q: A major study conducted by Fisher, Cullen, & Turner in 2000 focused on campus sexual assault, involved a phone survey of 4,446 women attending two- or four-year colleges. As per the study, the highest percentage of women reported being victims of attempted rape were done by a(n) _____. A. boyfriend B. classmate C. ex-boyfriend D.

Q: Condoms are less effective against the spread of _____. A. syphilis B. herpes C. chlamydia D.

Q: Which of the following is true of rape? A. About two-thirds of college men usually deny that they fondle women against their will. B. Usually only 1,500 rapes are reported each year in the United States. C. Researchers point out that rapists in general are seldom angry with women. D.

Q: 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 _____. A. they have an overwhelming need for sex. B. they want to hurt and humiliate their victims. C. they believe that the victim was not hurt by the rape. D.

Q: Gina's boyfriend forced her to have sexual intercourse with him during their last date. Gina has encountered: A. marital rape. B. date or acquaintance rape. C. sexual harassment. D.

Q: In a survey conducted by Watts & Zimmerman in 2002, _____ of female college freshman women report having been date raped or having experienced an attempted date rape at least once. A. one-fourth B. half C. two-thirds D.

Q: Which of the following statements is true about bisexuality? A. There is lack of evidence to support that bisexuality is a stable orientation which involves attraction to both sexes. B. Women are usually more likely than men to identify themselves as bisexuals. C. Physiological responses for bisexuals during sexual arousals vastly differ to those who are heterosexuals. D.

Q: Manny has contracted a virus that is destroying his body's immune system. Manny most likely has _____. A. AIDS B. herpes C. syphilis D.

Q: Reginas friend has been diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection. His symptoms include fevers, night sweats, weight loss, chronic fatigue, and swollen lymph nodes. The doctor denotes that a virus has infected his immune system. Reginas friend most likely been diagnosed with which of the following sexually transmitted infections? A. Syphilis B. Chlamydia C. AIDS D.

Q: Which of the following statements is true about genital herpes? A. It is caused by the bacterium treponema pallidum. B. It is a very rare infection affecting only one in 100,000 cases. C. It is commonly called the drip or clap. D.

Q: Ryans friend has been diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection. There are hard painless bumps around his anal area. The doctor reveals that it was caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). Ryans friend has been diagnosed with which of the following sexually transmitted infections? A. Gonorrhea B. Syphilis C. Genital warts D.

Q: Which of the following statements about sexual orientation is considered true today? A. Most individuals have a bisexual orientation. B. Sexual orientation is an either/or proposition where individuals are either heterosexual or homosexual. C. Sexual orientation is a continuum from exclusive male-female relations to exclusive same-sex relations. D.

Q: The critical-period hypothesis could explain: A. why homosexuals seem to be aroused by the same types of tactile stimulation as heterosexuals. B. how sexual orientation is mostly a product of culture and life experiences. C. why some clinicians consider homosexuality the product of an abnormality of the brain. D.

Q: Which of the following statements is true about sexual attitudes and behavior among men and women? A. Men usually hold stronger permissive attitudes about casual sex than their female counterparts. B. Women usually engage more in pornography use and casual sex than men. C. Women have slightly more sexual experience than men for most aspects of sexuality. D.

Q: In 1994, Robert Michael and his colleagues conducted a comprehensive survey of American sexual patterns. Results from this "Sex in America" survey suggested that Americans' sexual lives are _____ than previously believed. A. more conservative B. less conservative C. more active D.

Q: Results from the "Sex in America" survey suggest that adult sexual behavior is ruled by _____ and _____ for most Americans. A. abstinence; marriage B. kinkiness; infidelity C. marriage; monogamy D.

Q: Which of the following statements is true about sexual activity in emerging adulthood? A. Surveys usually indicate that slightly less than 10 percent of individuals have experienced sexual intercourse at the beginning of emerging adulthood (age 18). B. According to Lefkowitz & Gillen, emerging adulthood is a time frame during which most individuals are unmarried but are hardly sexually active. C. Most individuals have had sexual intercourse by the end of emerging adulthood (age 25). D.

Q: Which of the following is the average age of marriage for males in the United States? A. 30 B. 28 C. 26 D.

Q: Emerging adulthood is a time frame during which most individuals are: A. in exclusive relationships and married. B. abstaining from sex and unmarried. C. sexually active and unmarried. D.

Q: Which of the following is included in the patterns of heterosexual behavior for males and females in emerging adulthood? A. Emerging adults are less likely than young adults to have had sexual intercourse with two or more individuals. B. Males report being more selective about their sexual partners than females. C. Casual sex is more common in emerging adulthood than in young adulthood. D.

Q: Which of the following statements accurately reflects a key finding from the 1994 "Sex in America" survey? A. Most Americans have sex twice a week or more. B. Married and cohabiting couples have sex more often than noncohabiting couples. C. Most men and women have always remained faithful to their partners and have avoided any adulterous relationship. D.

Q: Marie is reluctant to marry because she is worried that her husband might cheat on her. You would tell her that adultery is: A. widespread in the U.S. B. a problem in almost half the marriages in the U.S. C. clearly the exception rather than the rule. D.

Q: There is a "one-third rule'' for alcoholism: By age 65, one-third are dead or in terrible shape, one-third are abstinent or drinking socially, and one-third are _____. A. holding out against treatment B. still trying to beat their addiction C. resigned to alcoholism D.

Q: Which of the following is true about cigarette smoking? A. Children of smokers are at special risk for respiratory and middle-ear diseases. B. More people smoke today than in the past. C. A small percentage of all living adults who have ever smoked have quit. D.

Q: Which of the following is the active drug in cigarettes? A. Leptin B. Barbiturate C. Nicotine D.

Q: Nicotine is a _____. A. depressant B. stimulant C. narcotic D.

Q: _____ stimulates neurotransmitters (especially dopamine) that have a calming or pain-reducing effect. A. Barbiturate B. Amphetamine C. Leptin D.

Q: An estimated _____ percent of individuals who become alcoholics are believed to have a genetic predisposition for it. A. 10 to 20 B. 50 to 60 C. 30 to 40 D.

Q: Orthodox Jews and Mormons have especially low rates of alcohol use, underscoring the: A. environment's role in alcoholism. B. role of genes in alcoholism. C. fact that alcoholism is largely inherited. D.

Q: Which of the following statements is true about drinking? A. Pregaming is most rare among college students. B. Binge drinking usually peaks about 28 to 29 years of age. C. Chronic binge drinking is less common among those college students who live in fraternity houses. D.