Learning objectives
Chapter 17:

1. Describe the changes in growth, strength, and overall health that occur during early adulthood.

2. Describe age-related changes in physical appearance that become noticeable by the late 20s.

3. Discuss changes in the efficiency of various body functions, focusing on the significance of these changes for the individual.

4. Describe gender differences in senescence and possible reasons for their existence.

5. Identify age-related trends in the sexual responsiveness of both men and women during the decades from 20 to 40.

6. Describe the typical victims of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, and discuss possible explanations for these disorders.

7. Discuss the nature and causes of depression and schizophrenia.

8. Discuss gender differences in violence.

Learning objectives
Chapter 18:

1. Describe three approaches to the study of adult cognition.

2. Identify the main characteristics of post-formal thought, and tell how it differs from formal operational thought.

3. (Text and Thinking Like a Scientist) Discuss the conditions that evoke stereotype threat and the resulting emotions, and describe the findings of research studies aimed at reducing stereotype threat.

4. Define dialectical thought, and give examples of its usefulness.

5. Briefly describe the six stages of faith outlined by James Fowler.

6. Discuss the relationship between cognitive growth and higher education.

7. Compare college students today with their counterparts of several decades ago, and explain how cheating reflects students' value systems.

Learning objectives
Chapter 19:

1. Identify the two basic tasks, or crises, of adulthood, and explain how the viewpoint of most developmentalists regarding adult stages has shifted.

2. Explain how the social clock influences the timing of important events during early adulthood.

3. Review the developmental course of friendship during adulthood, noting factors that promote friendship and gender differences in friendship patterns.

4. Identify Sternberg's three components of love, and discuss the pattern by which they develop in relationships.

5. Discuss the impact of cohabitation on relationships, and identify the factors that influence marital success.

6. Describe and compare the personality theories of adolescence and adulthood.