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How might risk taking by emerging adults be both destructive and beneficial? Include two specific examples of both destructive and beneficial risk taking in your discussion.

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Which statement is false about people between the ages of 18 and 25?

A) Death from disease at this age is rare.
B) Some people outgrow childhood ailments like asthma at this age.
C) Diet and exercise practices tend to improve during this time period.
D) They undergo routine diagnostic tests such as colonoscopies.

E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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In recent years the college population in the United States has become more _____ in many ways, including gender, ethnicity, SES, and religious and cultural backgrounds.

Sophia is a 60-year-old retired woman whose daughter recently had her first child. Sophia will be taking care of her grandchild so that her daughter can work outside the home. The intertwining of the needs and experiences of these family members, all at a different stage of life, is referred to as ______.

Emerging adults who are not in college are more likely to use drugs than their college counterparts.

In what proportion of families around the world does arranged marriage occur?

Over the past several decades, a larger proportion of college students are choosing career-based degrees rather than _____ degrees.

What cohort differences are evident in people's attitudes toward premarital sex?

Biologically, why is emerging adulthood the best time to have a baby?

Why are some current researchers criticizing college education?

William Perry suggests that over the course of their college careers, students' thinking progresses through _____ levels of complexity.

Low birth weight, undernutrition in infancy, and rapid weight gain in early childhood are associated with _____ in emerging adulthood.

In the stereotype-threat study in which college students were taught about intelligence research, which group showed the most improvement in attitudes about academic achievement and grades?

Statistically, which of these 20-year-olds would be the most likely to engage in extreme drinking?

In the twentieth century, often several children were born before their mothers reached 18 years of age.

In which nation do most unmarried young adults live in their childhood home, regardless of economic circumstances?

A possible fifth stage of cognitive development that characterizes adult thinking is:

Research has shown that the majority of college students choose to date people of a different ethnicity.

A person's personality can change after adolescence.

Young adults who believe in the incremental theory of intelligence can overcome stereotype threat.