Question

Match each of the life stages below to the sentence that best describes it. An answer may be used more than once.​ ​ Young people establish an identity separate from that of their parents and turn to peers for support and acceptance; rejection by peers poses a major threat to adjustment. ​ Some common threats to adjustment include children leaving home, physical changes that require one to slow down, and failure to meet earlier goals. ​ Gross motor, fine motor, and language skills develop rapidly; changes in family schedule or child-care professional can create anxiety. ​ Those who are financially secure and reasonably healthy may enjoy retirement, travel, and socializing; others may find the loss of friends, a job, and financial instability frightening. ​ Children who have developed their physical, intellectual, and social skills are able to adjust to new situations, but children who lack basic skills can be threatened by school pressures and conflicts with others. ​ New experiences and responsibilities include beginning college or a job, establishing a home, marrying, and starting a family. ​ Separation anxiety can occur when a child enters a new day care facility or school. The child may cry, claim to be sick, or beg to go home. a. ​ early childhood b. ​ middle childhood c. ​ adolescence d. ​ young adulthood e. ​ middle adulthood f. senescence

Answer 1

a. early childhood

Separation anxiety can occur when a child enters a new day care facility or school.

Gross motor, fine motor, and language skills develop rapidly; changes in family schedule or child-care professional can create anxiety

b. middle childhood

The child may cry, claim to be sick, or beg to go home.

Children who have developed their physical, intellectual, and social skills are able to adjust to new situations, but children who lack basic skills can be threatened by school pressures and conflicts with others

c. adolescence

Young people establish an identity separate from that of their parents and turn to peers for support and acceptance; rejection by peers poses a major threat to adjustment.

d. young adulthood

New experiences and responsibilities include beginning college or a job, establishing a home, marrying, and starting a family.

e. middle adulthood

Some common threats to adjustment include children leaving home, physical changes that require one to slow down, and failure to meet earlier goals

f. senescence

Those who are financially secure and reasonably healthy may enjoy retirement, travel, and socializing; others may find the loss of friends, a job, and financial instability frightening.