Final- Chapter 6

Question 1

What is the attachment aspect of the attachment theory?

Answer 1

Used to describe the strong affections bond formed by an infant to his or her major caregiver

Question 2

What is the internal working model?

Answer 2

Part of the attachment theory

Set of beliefs and assumptions about the nature of all relationships, such as whether others will respond if you need them and if others are trustworthy

Question 3

What is a convoy?

Answer 3

Part of the convoy model

The ever changing network of social relationships that surround each of us throughout our adult lives

Shape and protect individuals, sharing them life experiences, challenges, successes and disappointments

Question 4

What are social networks?

Answer 4

Part of the convoy model

Structure consisting of the inner, middle and outer circle in a persons life referring to the people they surround themselves with

Expand in adolescence, plateau in 20s and 30s and decrease until late adulthood

Question 5

What is the socioemotional selectivity theory?

Answer 5

As we grow older we tend to prefer more meaningful social relationships

Social networks become smaller but more selective

Family networks remain more stable between adolescence and end of life

Question 6

What is evolutionary psychology?

Answer 6

Individuals who carried genes for cooperativeness, loyalty, adherence to norms and promotion of social inclusion were most apt to survive and pass on genes

Question 7

What is mate selection?

Answer 7

Process of choosing a life partner and formalizing the relationship

Question 8

What is lust- sexual attraction?

Answer 8

Foundation of all intimate relationships

How much sexual desire one feels for the other person whether one is consciously aware of it or not

Question 9

What is attraction?

Answer 9

Desire for an emotional relationship, romantic/ passionate love

Question 10

What is attachment?

Answer 10

Drives one to be close to the target of attraction

Desire to feel comfortable, secure and emotionally tied to another person

Question 11

What are negative interactions in marriages?

Answer 11

Couples who will eventually divorce can be identified years ahead by lookin at the pattern of positive and negative exchanges

Negative patterns can be changed with therapy

Question 12

What are positive interactions in marriages?

Answer 12

When couples speak positively of each other and of their lives together it means they are unlikely to divorce

Question 13

Does cohabitation bring higher rates of separation?

Answer 13

Yes

Question 14

What is cultural acceptance for cohabitation?

Answer 14

How well it accepted in ones culture, family and religion

Question 15

Describe same sex partners

Answer 15

Difficult to describe

Similarities to heterosexual couples- fall in love, worry for long term etc

Differences with heterosexual couples

Long term committed relationships are common

Question 16

What is the intergenerational solidarity theory?

Answer 16

Quality of family relationships can be evaluated on 6 dimensions

Question 17

What are the 6 dimensions of intergenerational solidarity?

Answer 17

1) associations solidarity
2) affectionate solidarity
3) consensual solidarity
4) functional solidarity
5) normative solidarity
6) intergenerational family structure

Question 18

What is associational solidarity?

Answer 18

How often family members interact with each other and what type of activities they do together

Question 19

What is affectional solidarity?

Answer 19

How positive the sentiments are that family members hold for each other and whether those sentiments are returned

Question 20

What is consensual solidarity?

Answer 20

How well family members hold the same values, attitudes and beliefs

Question 21

What is functional solidarity?

Answer 21

How much family members do got each other in terms of services and assistance

Question 22

What is normative solidarity?

Answer 22

How much family members feel a part of the family group or identify with each other

Question 23

What is intergenerational family structure?

Answer 23

How many family members there are, how they’re related and how close they live to each other

Question 24

What happens to parent- child relationships in adulthood?

Answer 24

Changes in attachment

Attachment diminishes during adolescence and then disappears except in times of illness or distress

Question 25

What are the effects of late-life divorce?

Answer 25

Children relationships with parents Blame one parent for “wrong doing” the other Parents using them as mediators

Question 26

Difference in race in grandparent- grandchild relationships

Answer 26

African American grandparents view relationship with grandchild more central to family than white grandparents- responsibility for caregiving Hispanic grandparents- does not include high levels of exchange and support

Question 27

Which grandparent did students take as the grandparent they spend their most time with, share resources and feel close to?

Answer 27

Mothers mother

Question 28

True or false: teenagers who live in a single household have fewer difficulties and distress in school and peers if there grandparents are involved?

Answer 28

True

Question 29

True or false: young adults with low levels of parental support score better on 4 measures of well being when they have high levels of support from their siblings

Answer 29

True

Question 30

How are women in friendship networks?

Answer 30

Larger networks than men in all ages Often named friends by both sexes Men tend to relate to their wives as friends for support

Question 31

True or false: having pets as friends results in an unhealthy lifestyle

Answer 31

False

Question 32

What is anthromorphizing?

Answer 32

Giving pets human thoughts, feelings and motivations

Question 33

True or false: percent of Facebook users decrease with age, almost 1/3 of users are 65 and older

Answer 33

True

Question 34

How does attachment to parents change in adolescence?

Answer 34

It turns from physical proximity to communication

Question 35

What is caregiving orientation?

Answer 35

A system activated in adults when they interact with infants and young children

Question 36

Anna has always loved babysitting, and now that she is about to become a mother, she is excited to care for a newborn. Anna is demonstrating a strong:

Answer 36

Caregiving orientation

Question 37

What is the attachment orientation?

Answer 37

Patterns of expectations, needs and emotions one exhibits in interpersonal relationships that extend beyond the early attachment figures

Question 38

What are attachment behaviors?

Answer 38

Ways underlying attachment is expressed

Question 39

Paula loves her family. They are all democrat and share many of the same viewpoints on politics. This situation is an example of blank solidarity

Answer 39

Consensual

Question 40

What is the key difference between baby boomers relationships with their adult children compared to previous generations?

Answer 40

Baby boomers are more likely to support their adult children

Question 41

What are the 4 types of attachment?

Answer 41

1) secure 2) dismissing 3) preoccupied 4) fearful

Question 42

What is secure attachment?

Answer 42

Having a positive model of both self and others

Question 43

What is dismissing attachment?

Answer 43

Having a positive model of self and a negative model of others

Question 44

What is preoccupied attachment?

Answer 44

Negative model of self and positive about others

Question 45

What is fearful attachment?

Answer 45

Negative model of both self and others

Question 46

Which emotional system is defined as the desire to feel comfortable, secure and emotionally tied to another person?

Answer 46

Attachment