Chapter 16

Question 1

“big five” personality traits

Answer 1

neuroticism, extroversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness.

Question 2

burnout

Answer 2

a condition in which long-term job stress leads to mental exhaustion, a sense of loss of personal control, and feelings of reduced accomplishment.

Question 3

feminization of poverty

Answer 3

a trend in which women who support themselves or their families have become the majority of the adult population living in poverty, regardless of age and ethnic group.

Question 4

generativity versus stagnation

Answer 4

reaching out to others in ways that give to and guide the next generation

Question 5

glass ceiling

Answer 5

an invisible barrier to advancement up the corporate ladder that women and ethnic minorities face

Question 6

kinkeeper

Answer 6

gathering the family for celebrations and making sure everyone stays in touch.

Question 7

midlife crisis

Answer 7

self doubt and stress especially great in the forties that prompt restructuring of the personality

Question 8

parental imperative theory

Answer 8

holds that identification with traditional gender roles is maintained during the active parenting years to help ensure the survival of children. men become more goal- oriented, while women emphasize nurturance.

Question 9

possible selves

Answer 9

future-oriented representations of what one hopes to become and what one is afraid of becoming. Possible selves are the temporal dimension of self-concept-what the individual is striving for and attempting to avoid.

Question 10

sandwich generation

Answer 10

the idea that middle-aged adults must care for multiple generations above and below them at the same time.

Question 11

skipped-generation family

Answer 11

children that live with grandparents but apart from parents