Ch.8

Question 1

authoritarian parenting

Answer 1

restrictive, punitive style in which parent exhorts adolescent to follow parents directions and to respect work and effort
firm limits and controls are placed on adolescent, and little verbal exchange is allowed
associated with adolescents socially incompetent behavior

Question 2

authoritative parenting

Answer 2

encourages independence but places limits and controls on adolescents
associated with socially competent adolescent behavior

Question 3

boundary ambiguity

Answer 3

uncertainty in step-families about who is in or out of family and who is performing or responsible for certain tasks in the family system

Question 4

dismissing/ avoidant attachment

Answer 4

insecure attachment category in which individuals deemphasize the importance of attachment
associated with consistent experiences of rejection of attachment needs by caregivers

Question 5

emotional autonomy

Answer 5

capacity to relinquish childlike dependence on parents

Question 6

indulgent parenting

Answer 6

parents highly involved with adolescents but place few demands or controls on them
associated with adolescents social incompetence, lack of self control

Question 7

insecure attachment

Answer 7

infants, children, and adolescents either avoid the caregiver or show considerable resistance or ambivalence toward the caregiver
related to difficulties in relationships and problems in later development

Question 8

multiple developmental trajectories

Answer 8

concept that adults follow one trajectory and children and adolescents another one; how these trajectories mesh is important

Question 9

neglectful parenting

Answer 9

style in which parent is very uninvolved in the adolescents life
associated with adolescents social incompetence, especially lack of self control

Question 10

preoccupied/ ambivalent attachment

Answer 10

insecure attachment in which adolescents are hyperattuned to attachment experiences.
thought to occur bc parents are inconsistently available to adolescent

Question 11

secure attachment

Answer 11

positive, enduring emotional bond btwn two people. in infancy, childhood, and adolescence, formation of secure bond with caregiver benefits childs exploration of environment and subsequent development

Question 12

autonomy

Answer 12

complex concept with many referents

dev transitions include onset of early adolescence and the time when individuals leave home and go to college

Question 13

unresolved/ disorganized attachment

Answer 13

insecure category
adolescent has unusually high level of fear and is disoriented
result from traumatic experiences such as parents death or abuse