Midterm Review
This is a theory or perspective that suggests family systems are a series of interrelated parts
What is family systems theory?
This is a parenting style characterized by acquiescing to a child's demands
What is permissive parenting?
John Bowlby is credited as the father of attachment theory. This psychologist furthered his work with her famous "strange situation" experiment
Who is Mary Ainsworth?
Sue Johnson famously categorized people into these two categories based on their behavior in conflict
What are pursuers and withdrawers?
When children enter adolescence, their parents are likely entering this life stage.
What is midlife?
This the process by which families discourage behavior that threatens homeostasis
What is cybernetic feedback?
She is the psychologist who famously described three (and, later, four) parenting styles
Who is Diana Baumrind?
In the Strange Situation experiment, infants with this attachment style explored the room freely, using their parents as a secure base.
What is secure attachment?
What is a pursuer?
This is a term for adult children who do not successfully "launch" and spend time "renesting" with their parents
What are boomerang kids?
This capacity to balance one's individuality with their sense of family belonging is a developmental process that can build over the course of a child's life, perhaps especially in adolescence.
What is differentation-of-self?
Gently but firmly explaining the reason behind a family rule is an example of this parenting style
What is authoritative parenting?
Caregivers who are consistently unavailable are likely to incept this attachment style in their children.
What is avoidant attachment?
This is coping strategy with conflict or negative emotions is highly effective in the short term, but highly ineffective in the long term.
What is denial?
This gender is more likely to adjust positively after the loss of a spouse due, in part, to their greater likelihood to establish social connections outside the home.
What are women? (Or, what are widows?)
Couples who make this decision during their dating relationship report better marital adjustment, but only during early years of marriage. They are also more likely to divorce.
What is cohabitation?
Rote obedience, motivated by reward or punishment more than actually agreeing with the rule, is most likely the result of this parenting style
What is authoritarian parenting?
In the Strange Situation experiment, some infants demonstrated behavior that indicated both a desire to retain closeness with their parents and feelings of anger toward them. These infants were classified with this attachment style.
What is anxious attachment?
These are Gottman's four horsemen of the apocalypse (must name all four for points)
What are criticsm, contempt, defensiveness, and stonewalling?
This is the term for tension an individual might experience, starting at mid-life but continuing through their declining years, about whether or not they have used their life to make meaningful contributions to the world.
What is generativity versus stagnation?
False
(What is false?)
This is the term for children's capacity to recover after adverse situations
What is resilience?
56 White, middle-class families were the participants in this groundbreaking experiment on attachment.
What is the Strange Situation?
John Gottman said this was the ideal ratio of positive interactions to negative interactions in a marriage
What is 5:1?
These are three of the six factors that can impact closeness between aging parents and their adult children.
What are (name any of the following three) geographic proximity, mutual contact, emotional closeness, similar opinions, giving care, and receiving care?