Question

According to findings from the Seattle Longitudinal Study, when different age groups are compared in a cross-sectional analysis, most cognitive abilities are highest in ________ compared to middle adulthood.

a. later adulthood
b. late adolescence
c. emerging adulthood
d. early adolescence

Answer 1

Emerging adulthood

Explanation:

Emerging adulthood is the period between adolescence and adulthood. It is the period where a person is at the end of adolescence and the starting stage of adulthood. It is a type of feeling in-between.

There are different features of emerging adulthood:

• It is the age of exploring the identity of a person.
• It is the stage of feeling about instability in life.
• It is the age self-focus
• It is the age of self-fulfilling
• It is the age of possibilities

Thus here in the above context, findings from the longitudinal od Seattle on different ages in the cross-sectional study, most of the cognitive abilities are highest in the emerging adulthood compared with middle adulthood.