Chapter 14

Question 1

Single adults
Advantages
And disadvantages

Answer 1

Tripled in # from 1970-2005
Advantages are freedom, opportunities
Common problems are forming untamable relationships with others, loneliness, and finding niche in a marriage oriented society

Question 2

Cohabiting adults

Answer 2

People who are in a sexual relationship, not married , who live together
60% of people today 11% in the 1970
30% last less than a year

Question 3

Reasons for adult Marriages

Answer 3

Some get married for personal fulfillment and some for martial stability
1st marriages are usually around age 28.7 in men and in women 26.5
Culture can play a big role in why some get married

Question 4

Middle adulthood marriage

Answer 4

Mose express considerable satisfaction

Worst marriage already dissolved

Question 5

Late adulthood marriages

Answer 5

Adjustments needed at retirement

Happiness is affected by each partners coping of aging

Question 6

Divorced adults marriage

Answer 6

Increased for socioeconomic status 
Rates are higher for divorce if 
You marry young 
Have low education 
Low income
Not religious
Already have divorced parents 
Married bc you had a child 
Most divorce occur between 5-10years

Question 7

After divorce in adulthood

Answer 7

Loneliness, diminished self esteem, anxiety about future
Financial issues
Problems with child (alienation)

Question 8

Remarried adults

Answer 8

May only remarry bc of financial issues or for the child
Divorced more likely
More shared decisions
Adjustments with step parents
May bring old negative patterns to new relationship

Question 9

Parenting

Answer 9

Birth control allows choosing when and how many children they have
More women have children later or not at all
Average age for first child is 25 years

Question 10

Advantages of having children in 20’s

Answer 10

More physical energy
Fewer medical problems with pregnancy
Less likely to build up expectations for children

Question 11

Advantages of children in 30’s

Answer 11

More time to consider life goals
Maturity, benefit or experience more competent parenting
Better established in careers, more income

Question 12

Parents as managers

Answer 12

Provide opportunities, monitor, teach, independence and making competent decisions
Effective management produces best outcomes

Question 13

Authoritarian parenting

Answer 13

Chinese parenting
Restrictive,punitive,firm limits and control
Can lead to u happy, anxious, children reluctant to initiate activity, weak common skills
Different in context of other cultures

Question 14

Authoritative parenting style

Answer 14

Encourages independence with limits and controls
Show pleasure and support in response to constructive behavior
Expectations of maturity, independence, age-appropriate behavior
Children often cheerful, self-controlled,self reliant, achievement oriented
Friendly with peers, cooperate with adults, cope well with stress

Question 15

Neglectful parenting

Answer 15

Uninvolved parents
Children sense other aspects of parents lives more important
Socially incompetent, poor self-control, low self esteem, immature, don’t handle independence well
Patterns of truancy and delinquency

Question 16

Indulgent parenting style

Answer 16

Parents highly involved with children but place few demands/controls on them
Children never learn to control behavior; always expect to get their way
Rarely learn respect for others, domineering,egocentric,non complaint, difficulties with peers