Question 1

Students are taking longer than before to transition into their careers.

Accepted Answer

true

Answer

false

Question 2

What are backup planners?

Accepted Answer

Participation in short-term temporary work for strategic benefits despite prefering to enter long-term work

Answer

Participation in short-term opportunity to take advantage of time before starting long-term career

Answer

Participation in short-term service program because of alignment with personal goals and participation in meaningful experience

Answer

Participation to enter desired career field

Question 3

Which research method did Gillis use in her study?

Accepted Answer

Interviews

Answer

Survey

Answer

Experiment

Answer

Observation

Question 4

What is emerging adulthood theory?

Accepted Answer

Life stage between adolescence and young adulthood characterized by identity exploration

Answer

The experience of "crisis" as a young adult

Answer

Transition between pre-teen and teenage years defined by fluctuating emotions and changing goals

Question 5

Does Gillis's study support the idea of the emerging adulthood theory?

Accepted Answer

false

Answer

true

Question 6

According to Gillis's study, what influences students to involve themselves in service programs?

Accepted Answer

Social class background & financial security

Answer

Pressures from parents

Answer

Boredom

Answer

Identity development

Question 7

Which identity/identities align best with emerging adulthood theory?

Accepted Answer

Enthusiasts & Delayed Careerists

Answer

Professionals & Backup Planners

Answer

Backup Planners

Question 8

Which identity tends to come from the lowest social class background?

Accepted Answer

Backup Planners

Answer

Delayed Careerists

Answer

Professionals

Answer

Enthusiasts

Question 9

What are delayed careerists?

Accepted Answer

Participation in short-term opportunity to take advantage of time before starting long-term career

Answer

Participation to enter desired career field

Answer

Participation in short-term temporary work for strategic benefits despite prefering to enter long-term work

Answer

Participation in short-term service program because of alignment with personal goals and participation in meaningful experience

Question 10

What are enthusiasts?

Accepted Answer

Participation in short-term service program because of alignment with personal goals and participation in meaningful experience

Answer

Participation in short-term temporary work for strategic benefits despite prefering to enter long-term work

Answer

Participation to enter desired career field

Answer

Participation in short-term opportunity to take advantage of time before starting long-term career

Question 11

What are professionals?

Accepted Answer

Participation to enter desired career field

Answer

Participation in short-term service program because of alignment with personal goals and participation in meaningful experience

Answer

Participation in short-term opportunity to take advantage of time before starting long-term career

Answer

Participation in short-term temporary work for strategic benefits despite prefering to enter long-term work

Question 12

Who did Gillis interview for her study?

Accepted Answer

Juniors and seniors at a selective university from a range of economic backgrounds

Answer

College freshman from elite schools with well-off families

Answer

Low-income students at a selective university

Answer

Working seniors at a state school

Question 13

Extrinsic reasons for joining a service program are to follow passions or identity projects.

Accepted Answer

false

Answer

true

Question 14

Lower social class backgrounds tend to emphasize extrinsic or intrinsic rewards?

Accepted Answer

Extrinsic

Answer

Intrinsic

Question 15

Are work values stable or changing during the transition to adulthood?

Accepted Answer

Stable

Answer

Changing

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