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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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Who is an emerging adult likely to hang out with on a Friday night?


A) spouse
B) parent
C) child
D) friend

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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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Makayla was a sophomore thriving in college when her father was laid off from his job. Even with financial aid, the family could no longer afford to send her to school, so she left to get a full-time job at a restaurant near the family home. This situation illustrates the _____ of families.


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

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Personality is plastic, but a person's personality will be affected lifelong by _____.


A) economic upswings and downturns
B) career and partner choice
C) new friends' viewpoints
D) childhood experiences

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Statistically, which statement regarding self-esteem during emerging adulthood is TRUE?


A) Due to the new challenges and stressors that they face, emerging adults' self-esteem tends to drop initially and then rise again in later adulthood.
B) Emerging adults' self-esteem often takes a dramatic dip immediately after they leave home but begins to rise again after a few years.
C) In spite of the new challenges and stressors that they face, emerging adults' self-esteem is higher than earlier and continues to rise throughout emerging adulthood.
D) Emerging adults' self-esteem will fluctuate as they work through the new challenges and stressors of adulthood.

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


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

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Emerging adult Afton is a heavy social media user. She tends to have _____ face-to-face friends than do nonusers.


A) more
B) less
C) the same amount of
D) variable

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According to 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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