The Family Flashcards
anxious-avoidant attachment
involves suppressing one’s own feelings and desires, and a difficulty depending on others
attachment theory
Describes the enduring patterns of relationships from birth to death
Coherence
Gaining insight into and reconciling one’s childhood experiences
Nuclear families
Core family unit comprised of only parents and children
Second shift
Unpaid work a parent does in the house
uninvolved parenting
Low in demandingness and low in support
Working models
understanding of how relationships operate, viewing oneself as worthy of love and others as trustworthy
Age in place
Making accommodations to ensure that aging people can stay in their homes and live independently.
anxious-resistant attachment
self-critical, insecure, and fearful of rejection
authoritarian parenting
high demandingness, low support
boomerang generation
young adults who move back into their parents’ homes after living by themselves
Child free
People who choose not to have children
Childless
people who want to have children but are unable to conceive
cohabitation
Two unmarried people live together
Family of procreation
The family one creates, usually through marriage.
