PSYC 2103    STUDY GUIDE for test VI: ch 17-19

Dr. A. Johnson 10/04

Know the following VERY well:                                    

maximum height, M, F

senescence; factors

    affecting it

1^st signs of physical aging

gender differences in:

    senescence, health

homeostasis

organ reserve

sexual responsiveness,

    gender differences

infertility: stats, causes

pelvic inflammatory

    disease

treatment of infertility

eating disorders; most

    likely candidates

drug use, abuse, addiction

psychopathology in young

    adulthood

violent dead, young men:

    stats, causes

approaches used to study

    adult thought

characteristics of postformal thought

dialectical thought

events fostering moral

    develop

role of college in cognitive

    development

characteristics of today’s

    college students

objectives of college

   students today

cheating

Maslow’s hierarchy

Erikson

social clock; role of SES

intimacy

friendships, gender

    differences

love: Sternberg

cohabitation: dynamics;

    comparison to married

    couples

homogamy

heterogamy

social exchange theory

divorce statistics