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Bella and Edward have been together for five years as a couple. Bella complains that Edward has trouble expressing his deepest thoughts and feelings to her. “I feel left out emotionally. Edward talks to his family, but not to me. I think he is afraid to be vulnerable with me. So, I just don’t tell him as much as I would if he told me about himself.” Edward has difficulty with ________ according to Sternberg.    

Maricus and Carla have three children, 24, 21, and 19. The couple have supported the older girls thru their college degrees and both young women are in various stages of gaining independence from their parents. The second daughter, Anna, has just moved out of the family home into an apartment. The youngest, Salina, is a sophomore in college who lives at home while she attends the local university. Carla’s father died three years ago and her mother, LaSandra has developed clinical depression and perhaps some early cognitive issues. Her dependence has made it imperative that Carla’s mother move into the home with Maricus and Carla. The couple have spent the last several years dealing with the issues of launching their children and are now facing the issues of their aging and more dependent parents. Maricus and Carla are facing the family issues of what developmental stage?

Suppose  is a sequence of positive terms where

Robert, a 23 year old man, in his intellectual and ethical development has remained in one position for more than an year and is exploring many avenues of thought , but is making a decision not to make further progress in his development. Perry would indicate this is what?    

Archie can hop, climb steps alternating his feet, and jump from the bottom step. He unable to skip, pedal a wheeled toy, catch a ball, balance on one foot, walk a balance beam or hop for 50 feet. Archie can copy circles and scribbles efficiently. He is unable to hold a pencil, copy squares, form letters or color in the lines when asked. Although he can feed himself, he cannot eat neatly. Archie is a __________ child?  

Matilda has developed Johnson’s Grommet Disease, a condition in which grommets grow into the tips of her toes and fingers. Her father is a carrier of the gene for Johnson’s Grommet. You conclude that this disease is caused by Recombinant DNA and is characterized as what type of inheritance?    

Which of the following are true of the early adults (emerging adults) in the U.S. population in the 21st century?              

This condition is the most common inherited blood disorder in the United States. It causes episodes of pain, anemia, and increased susceptibility to infection. In a hemolytic crisis the red blood cells break down and in an aplastic crisis, bone marrow fails to product blood cells. People from a number of countries have this condition, but is more common in the U.S. in persons of African American or Hispanic ancestry. The disease is life threating and can cause stroke in very young persons. This condition is called?  

William has a great respect for authority. He is a model citizen who believes that it is important for one to follow the rules of society, because “those are the rules and who am I to question the rules!” A new law was made in his community that stated that persons who were gay could not live together. William’s next-door neighbors were a gay couple that had been together for over fourteen years. Because he felt it was his obligation to follow the laws, William turned in his neighbors to the police. The couple was arrested, jailed and subsequently one died in prison. William said when asked about his actions, “I had no problem with them, actually I liked them. But it was my duty to follow the law regardless of what I believed!” William is on what level of moral development?  

Mr. Abbot is a 70-year-old man who has intentional tremors of his hands. He has difficulty walking and difficulty initiating movements. Cognitively, he has memory deficits and problems with abstract reasoning. The dopamine receptors in his brain have degenerated and are not producing enough dopamine. He was treated with L-Dopa for this condition. His brain disorder is likely called?