CH. 14

Question 1

Wholistic Approach

Answer 1

brother and sister have different ideas

Ex: sun and moon

Question 2

I message & Active listening

Answer 2

parenting

• businesses use these tactics
• conflict can be a good thing in bringing people closer together

Question 3

I message

Answer 3

how you feel
-state what you’re objecting too
-gets us out of judgement
Ex: You’re so lazy

Question 4

Active listening

Answer 4

repeat back what you think they said

-ask clarifying questions

Question 5

Cross-cultural Perspectives:

Answer 5

Individualistic and Collectivistic orientations

- US is both

Question 6

Individualistic Orientation

Answer 6

up to you

-pull yourself out of poverty

Question 7

Collectivistic Orientation

Answer 7

gonna take a group or community to make a solution

-Ex: India and Japan

Question 8

Naturalistic observation

Answer 8

no directions or interference

-Mary Ainsworth

Question 9

Participant observation

Answer 9

Robert Cave experiments:

• purposely causing problems so they can work together as an observer and a participant
• study peer groups

Question 10

Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory:

Answer 10

• about culture
  1. ) Microsystem
  2. ) Mesosystem
  3. ) Exosystem
  4. ) Macrosystem
  5. ) Chronosystem

Question 11

Microsystem

Answer 11

setting in which individuals live

-Ex: family

Question 12

Mesosystem

Answer 12

links between microsystems
Ex: school and family
Ex: onion peeling layer

Question 13

Exosystem

Answer 13

Indirect affects

Ex: Stress at work can ripple out and cause a fight within a family

Question 14

Macrosystem

Answer 14

culture we grow up in

• emphasizes individual
• hard work pays off
• Ex: aggression in NFL

Question 15

Chronosystem

Answer 15

sociohistorical circumstances that change over time

• Ex: 9/11
• Ex: Women movemant
• Ex: Student activist stage

Question 16

Adolescence

Answer 16

stressful time on marriages

Question 17

Family as a System:

Answer 17

homeostasis

• cohesion
• clear generational boundaries
• enmeshment
• disengagement

Question 18

Homeostasis

Answer 18

achieving balance in change

Question 19

Cohesion

Answer 19

degree of closeness
-constantly moving and fluctuating 
-continuum 
-well-being for family in middle
Ex: Parents being parents
-healthy relationship

Question 20

Enmeshment

Answer 20

overly involved

• eating disorders
• schizophrenia

Question 21

Disengagement

Answer 21

lack of parental monitoring

Question 22

Ecology

Answer 22

families embedded in culture

Question 23

John G.

Answer 23

gridlock / love map

• Know each other well enough to know when they’re upset
• smaller things are better

Question 24

Adult Development trajectories

Answer 24

timing of entry into cohabitation, marriage, or parenthood

Question 25

Child Development trajectories

Answer 25

timing of child care and entry into middle school

Question 26

Plasticity

Answer 26

sense of change with new pathways

Question 27

Cohabitation

Answer 27

living together in a sexual relationship without being married

Question 28

Kids

Answer 28

more likely to open up to parents cause they feel safe due to parental monitoring

Question 29

Baumrind's 4 Parenting Styles

Answer 29

- Authoritive = setting guidelines without conflict 1. ) Authoritarian parenting 2. ) Authoritative parenting 3. ) Neglectful parenting 4. ) Indulgent parenting

Question 30

Authoritative parenting

Answer 30

``` optimal style of parent who are warm but have high expectations -achievement oriented -emotional warmth -induction +accepting +control ```

Question 31

Authoritarian parenting

Answer 31

``` hostile, dominating kids by yelling and taking away the kids sense of self -unhappy / aggressive -power-assertive +rejecting +control ```

Question 32

Indulgent parenting

Answer 32

``` permissive parenting -lack of self control = most important problem -Laisse Faire = constantly giving in +accepting +no control ```

Question 33

Neglectful parenting

Answer 33

``` permissive parenting -low self-esteem -abandonment +rejecting +no control ```

Question 34

In favor of Corporal Punishment

Answer 34

were likely to remember it being used by their parents | -associated with higher levels of immediate compliance and aggression in children

Question 35

Parent-adolescent conflict:

Answer 35

escalates during early adolescence - 4-5 million (25%) experience this problem - biological changes of puberty - cognitive changes = increased idealism and logical reasoning

Question 36

Acculturation

Answer 36

based conflicts often result in immigrant families

Question 37

Parent-emerging adults:

Answer 37

relationships with parents improve once they leave home | "adult status" = still dependent on parents in some matter

Question 38

Emerging Adulthood

Answer 38

"Boomerang Kids" - attachment is still important during this stage - most kids come back home - what they will take along, leave behind, and create

Question 39

Parents in Emerging Adulthood

Answer 39

act as "scaffolding" = great respect | -act as "safety nets"

Question 40

Divorce

Answer 40

1st year of divorce is the roughest - 2-5 years = the road to recovery gets stronger as times goes on - internalizing and externalizing disorders = can both occur

Question 41

Internalizing disorder

Answer 41

might show up as depression - women - not able to express feelings

Question 42

Externalizing disorder

Answer 42

``` problems with anger -anxiety -lash out in response to stress Ex: hitting kids at school -boys are higher -juvenile deliquency ```

Question 43

Mediators

Answer 43

rituals = help nuture well being in a stressful time | - Ex: having family meals at the same time

Question 44

Adolescent adjustment:

Answer 44

improved when divorced parents have a harmonious relationship and use authoritative parenting