1. The Developing Person Through the Life Span, Ninth Edition by Kathleen Stassen Berger Clicker Question Presentation Slides Chapter 22
Critical Thinking Questions created by Jason S. Spiegelman, The Community College of Baltimore County

2. The term that best refers to a period of anxiety and tension that occurs in middle adulthood and is marked by unhappiness even in very successful people is the midlife:
complex.
conflict.
catastrophe.
crisis.
Answer D

3. The Swartz family is very large and has members who live in many different states. Albert, one of the elder family members, stays in touch with everyone, shares information about different family members with the rest of the family, and attempts to arrange get-togethers so that the family can stay connected. Albert would be considered the family:
kinkeeper.
organizer.
patriarch.
balancer.
Answer A

4. Which therapist developed the hierarchy of needs?
Freud
Erikson
Maslow
Fromm
Answer C

5. A group of people who provide encouragement and guidance and meet one’s social needs throughout life is called a:
social crutch.
social convoy.
social companionship.
friendship.
Answer B

6. Members of which of the following groups report most frequently that they are close to their siblings?
adolescents
young adults
middle adults
oldest adults
Answer D

7. Critical Thinking Questions

8. Margie and Lewis have recently seen their oldest child leave home for college, and they are now left with time to pursue their own lives, including reconnecting with each other. Margie and Lewis are now experiencing the:
launching stage.
senior period.
empty nest.
golden years.
Answer C

9. Karen and Lyndsey have been dating romantically and monogamously for over three years now. They have made a commitment to each other and have opted to make their relationship permanent. How will their homosexual relationship compare to heterosexual relationships?
Same-sex relationships tend to work in the same way that heterosexual relationships work, with some relationships being supportive and warm and others conflicted and difficult.
Research suggests that homosexual relationships tend to last for less time and be far more full of conflict than heterosexual relationships are.
Because homosexual marriage is not currently legal in the United States, Karen and Lyndsey really have no chance of having a successful long-term relationship.
Karen and Lyndsey are far more likely than a heterosexual couple to have a long-lasting successful relationship.
Answer A

10. David’s brother is suffering from his third relapse related to a problem with alcohol abuse. The concept of familism suggests that David should behave in which of the following ways?
David should support his brother even though they have been down this difficult road before.
David should show tough love for his brother by letting him recover without assistance.
David’s primary responsibility should be to support his parents while they struggle with their own feelings about the problem.
David should stay out of the situation because it is his brother’s problem, not his own.
Answer A