Chapter 12: The Family

Question 1

authoritarian parenting

Answer 1

a parenting style that is high in demandingness and low in responsiveness. Authoritarian parents are nonresponsive to their children’s needs and tend to enforce their demands through the exercise of parental power and the use of threats and punishment. They are oriented toward obedience and authority and expect their children to comply with their demands without question or explanation

Question 2

authoritative parenting

Answer 2

a parenting style that is high in demandingness and supportiveness. Authoritative parents set clear standards and limits for their children and are firm about enforcing them; at the same time, they allow their children considerable autonomy within those limits, are attentive and responsive to their children’s concerns and needs, and respect and consider their children’s perspectove

Question 3

bidirectionality of parent-child interactions

Answer 3

the idea that parents and their children are mutually affected by one another’s characteristics and behaviors

Question 4

family dynamics

Answer 4

the way in which the family operates as a whole

Question 5

parenting styles

Answer 5

parenting behaviors and attitudes that set the emotional climate in regard to parent-child interactions, such as parental responsiveness and demandingness

Question 6

permissive parenting

Answer 6

a parenting style that is high in responsiveness but low in demandingness. Permissive parents are responsive to their children’s needs and do not require their children to regulate themselves or act in appropriate or mature ways

Question 7

rejecting-neglecting parenting

Answer 7

a disengaged parenting style that is low in both responsiveness and demandingness. Rejecting-neglecting parents do not set limits for or monitor their children’s behavior, are not supportive of them, and sometimes are rejecting or neglectful. They tend to be focused on their own needs rather than their children’s needs.