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11. Challenging problems that require us to detect patterns and solve unfamiliar problems tap _________ intelligence. a  practical b. convergent c. crystallized d. fluid. 12. Nontraditional students.________________ traditional students. a. report more enthusiasm for learning than b  feel more confident on academic tasks than c. achieve grades that are usually below that of d. exhibit all of these characteristics compared to 13. Young adulthood poses the challenge of Erikson’s sixth stage of psychosocial development known as a. identity versus role confusion. b  intimacy versus isolation. c. industry versus inferiority. d. generativity versus self-absorption and stagnation. 14. An individual is expected to graduate from high school around age 18, to graduate from college around age 21, to get married and start a family before age 30, and retire after age 62. According to Neugarten, these societal expectations are referred to as the              a. primary control. b. secondary control. c. seasons of adulthood. d. social clock. 15. When researchers asked the intellectually gifted “Termites” from the famous longitudinal study “what would they do differently if they could live their lives over again,” over 80 percent mentioned a. social blunders they had made. b. things they wished they had not said or done. c. things they wished they had done. d. that they had no regrets. 16. The most sweeping theory of lifespan development is sociologist Glen H. Elder, Jr.’s _________, which explains developmental trajectories. a. life-course theory b. life-span theory of control c. seasons of life d. time-of-events model 17. Larry is a college professor who wants to teach his classes the same way he has done for the last 25 years. However, he is finding it harder to hold the students’ attention and the administration would prefer that he utilize the new technology available in his classroom. If Larry keeps trying to maintain his current view of himself as a professor and refuses to upgrade his teaching skills and tools, development psychologist Susan Whitbourne would describe Larry as using _________ more as part of his identity style. a. identity accommodation b. identity assimilation c. incongruence d. congruence 18. Mark and Pedro work in office cubicles next to each other. According to social psychology research we would expect them to a. become competitive. b. become “enemies.” c. become friends. d. not really know each other due to most office policies. 19. Kohlberg initially divided each level or moral reasoning into two stages with stage 5 called ________ and stage 6 called _________ making up the postconventional level of moral reasoning. a. punishment orientation; naïve instrumental behavior b. “good boy-nice girl orientation”; authority orientation c. social contract orientation; universal ethical principles d. morality of self-sacrifice; morality of equality 20. Which of the following is FALSE regarding religious participation? a. It is common to find a drop in the frequency of attending religious services among the elderly. b. The largest increase in church and synagogue attendance occurs between 50 and 70 years of age. c. Women report greater church attendance than men. d. African-Americans are more likely than European-Americans to say that faith is a cornerstone of their lives.