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With time, partners may find that passion fades, but that does not necessarily mean they are likely to end the relationship.

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According to Erik Erikson, once an emerging adult has established a sense of identity, he or she needs to resolve which crisis?


A) trust versus mistrust
B) generativity versus stagnation
C) identity versus role confusion
D) intimacy versus isolation

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For most Western emerging adults, what is considered the primary prerequisite for marriage?


A) love
B) commitment
C) passion
D) earning potential

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A situation in a romantic relationship wherein one partner wants to address an issue and the other refuses, resulting in opposite reactions, is referred to as "_____."


A) choice overload
B) intimate terrorism
C) situational couple violence
D) a demand/withdraw interaction

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In the United States in 2017, a couple's first shared household is more likely to involve cohabitation than marriage.

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Patricia and Raul live together as a romantic couple, but they are not married. Their living arrangement is called "_____."


A) a dual relationship
B) a hookup
C) romance
D) cohabitation

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_____ before age 25 in the United States is a major impediment to higher education and career success.


A) Moving out of the family home
B) Holding full-time employment
C) Serious illness
D) Parenthood

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Marco and Alayna have a romantic relationship, and although they are committed to one another, they are no longer connected in an intimate way. According to Robert Sternberg, which form of love do Marco and Alayna have?


A) young love
B) infatuation
C) empty love
D) companionship love

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A longitudinal study found that aggressive 4-year-olds who matured into aggressive emerging adults were defined in all the following ways EXCEPT as _____.


A) repeatedly arrested serious offenders
B) having as many friends as their average peers
C) desiring additional education
D) perceiving themselves as being quite conscientious

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In the United States in 2017, which tends to be MOST difficult to achieve during emerging adulthood?


A) gender identity
B) sexual identity
C) vocational identity
D) religious identity

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A popular term for parents who hover over their emerging adults, ready to swoop down if any problem arises, is "_____ parents."


A) hovering
B) vigilant
C) helicopter
D) supportive

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Longitudinal research shows that more than 60 percent of European children grow up to be isolated, lonely emerging adults.

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All members of a family have _____, as the experiences and needs of individuals at one stage of life are affected by all those at other stages.


A) linked lives
B) family discord
C) generation gap
D) social convoy

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A violent and demeaning form of abuse in a romantic relationship, in which the victim is frightened to fight back, seek help, or withdraw, is referred to as "_____."


A) relational aggression
B) intimate terrorism
C) situational couple violence
D) a demand/withdraw interaction

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During emerging adulthood, self-esteem and happiness _____ for most people.


A) decrease
B) increase
C) stay the same
D) do not exist

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Plasticity genes can make a person more or less susceptible to environmental forces.

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Hilda and Harley have been married for two years. Hilda comes home after a long day of work and finds the breakfast dishes in the sink and the unfolded laundry in the laundry basket. Harley said he would wash the dishes and fold the clothes before he left for work that morning. When the upset Hilda begins to yell at Harley, he simply turns up the television volume. Hilda gets louder, but Harley walks out of the room and slams the door. Hilda and Harley have just engaged in _____.


A) relational aggression
B) intimate terrorism
C) situational couple violence
D) a demand/withdraw interaction

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"Hookups" always involve sexual intercourse.

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Having too many options for potential romantic partners as a result of social networking can produce a phenomenon called "_____."

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In 2015 in the United States, the average age at first marriage was _____ for men and _____ for women.


A) 24; 22
B) 26; 24
C) 29; 27
D) 30; 28

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