Chapter 16 Socioemotional Development in Middle Adulthood

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

Multiple Choice Questions

Erikson proposed that middle-aged adults face a significant issue which he termed _____.

intimacy versus isolation

integrity versus despair

generativity versus stagnation

autonomy versus shame and doubt

 

 

APA LO: 1.1
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom’s: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 16.1: Describe personality theories and socioemotional development in middle adulthood.
Topic: Generativity versus Stagnation

 

2. Identify the seventh stage of Erikson’s life span theory.
   A.

Intimacy versus isolation

Integrity versus despair

Autonomy versus shame and doubt

Generativity versus stagnation

 

 

APA LO: 1.2
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom’s: Understand
Difficulty Level: Medium
Learning Objective: 16.1: Describe personality theories and socioemotional development in middle adulthood.
Topic: Generativity versus Stagnation

 

_____ encompasses adults’ desire to leave legacies of themselves to the next generation.

Self-actualization

Generativity

Self-absorption

Perpetuity

 

 

APA LO: 1.1
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom’s: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 16.1: Describe personality theories and socioemotional development in middle adulthood.
Topic: Generativity versus Stagnation

 

In Erik Erikson’s theory, adults strive for generativity to achieve a sense of _____.

immortality

recognition

achievement

omniscience

 

 

APA LO: 1.1
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom’s: Understand
Difficulty Level: Medium
Learning Objective: 16.1: Describe personality theories and socioemotional development in middle adulthood.
Topic: Generativity versus Stagnation

 

_____ develops when individuals sense that they have done nothing for the next generation.

Perpetuity

Generativity

Self-actualization

Stagnation

 

 

APA LO: 1.1
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom’s: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 16.1: Describe personality theories and socioemotional development in middle adulthood.
Topic: Generativity versus Stagnation