Ch. 14 vocab

Question 1

intimacy vs. isolation

Answer 1

Erikson’s early adulthood stage, in which an individual must find a life partner or supportive friends in order to avoid social isolation

Question 2

intimacy

Answer 2

capacity to engage in a supportive, affectionate relationship w/out losing one’s own sense of self

Question 3

life structure

Answer 3

in Levinson’s theory, the underlying pattern or design of a person’s life at a given time, which includes roles, relationships, and behavior patterns

Question 4

emerging adulthood

Answer 4

period from the late teens to early 20s when individuals explore options prior to committing to adult roles

Question 5

parental investment theory

Answer 5

theory that sex differences in mate preferences and mating behavior are based on the different amounts of time an effort men and women must invest in child rearing

Question 6

social role theory

Answer 6

idea that sex differences in mate preference and mating behavior are adaptations to gender roles

Question 7

assortative mating (homogamy)

Answer 7

sociologists’ term for the tendency to mate w/ someone who has traits similar to one’s own

Question 8

validating couples

Answer 8

partners who express mutual respect, even in disagreements, and are good listeners

Question 9

volatile couples

Answer 9

partners who argue a lot and don’t listen well but still have more positive than negative interactions

Question 10

avoidant couples

Answer 10

partners who agree to disagree and who minimize conflicts by avoiding each other

Question 11

hostile/engaged couples

Answer 11

partners who have frequent arguments and lack the balancing effect of humor and affection

Question 12

hostile/detached couples

Answer 12

partners who fight regularly, rarely look at each other, and lack affection and support

Question 13

kin keeper

Answer 13

a family role, usually occupied by a woman, which includes responsibility for maintaining family and friendship relationships

Question 14

career development

Answer 14

the process of adapting to the workplace, managing career transitions, and pursuing goals though employment

Question 15

work-life balance

Answer 15

interactive influences among employees’ work and nonwork roles

Question 16

quality of work-life (QWL) movement

Answer 16

an approach to enhancing job satisfaction by basing job and workplace design on analyses of the quality of employee experiences in an organization