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level: Level 1 of Chapter 13

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level questions: Level 1 of Chapter 13

Question	Answer
A time when young people are no longer adolescents but have not yet become fully adult.	Emerging adulthood
Active engagement in a broad range of social relationships, activities, and roles.	Social integration
Material, informational, and psychological resources derived from the social network on which a person can rely for help in coping with stress.	Social support
Alcohol dependence, a physical condition characterized by compulsive drinking, which a person is unable to control.	Alcoholism
Disorder producing symptoms of physical discomfort and emotional tension during the one to two weeks before a menstrual period.	Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)
Painful menstruation with no apparent organic cause.	Dysmenorrhea
Inability to conceive after 12 to 18 months of trying.	Infertility
Type of logical thinking that may emerge in adulthood, involving continuous, active evaluation of information and beliefs in the light of evidence and implications.	Reflective thinking
Mature type of thinking that relies on subjective experience and intuition as well as logic, useful in dealing with ambiguity, uncertainty, inconsistency, contradiction, imperfection, and compromise.	Postformal thought
Sternberg’s term for knowledge that is not taught but is necessary to get ahead	Tacit Knowledge
In Salovey’s and Mayer’s terminology, the ability to understand and regulate emotions; an important component of effective, intelligent behavior.	Emotional intelligence
A type of learning in which the instructor and student are separated by space and, sometimes, time.	Distance learning
When a young adult is able to make his or her own judgments and to choose his or her own beliefs and values despite uncertainty and the recognition of other valid possibilities.	Commitment within relativism
Degree to which a person’s work requires thought and independent judgment.	Substantive complexity
Hypothesis that there is a positive correlation between intellectuality of work and of leisure activities because of a carryover of learning from work to leisure.	Spillover hypothesis