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Generation Gap
The popular phrase for the alleged conflict between young people and adults over values and attitudes
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Self-fulfilling prophecy
The idea that individuals' behavior is influenced by others' expectations for them
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Family systems theory
A perspective on family functioning that emphasizes interconnection among different family relationships (such as marital, parent-child, sibling)
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Midlife crisis
A psychological crisis over identity believed to occur between the ages of 35 and 45, the age range most of adolescents' parents
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Generational dissonance
Divergence of views between adolescents and parents that is common in families of immigrant parents and American-born adolesccents
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Parental responsiveness
One of the two important dimensions of parenting; _______ refers to the degree to which the parent responds to the child's needs in an accepting, supportive manner
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Parental demandingness
One of the two important dimensions of parenting; ____ refers to the degree to which the parent expects and insists on mature, responsible behavior from the child
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Authoritative parents
Parents who use warmth, firm control, and rational, issue-oriented discipline, in which emphasis is places on the development of self-direction
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Authoritarian parents
Parents who use punitive, absolute, and forceful discipline, and who place a premium on obedience and conformity
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Indulgent parents
parents who are characterized by responsiveness but low demandingness, and who are mainly concerned with the child's happiness
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Indifferent parents
Parents who are characterized by low levels of both responsiveness and demandingness
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BehavioralĀ genetics
The scientific study of genetic influences on bahvior
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Shared environmental influences
Non-genetic influences that make individuals living in the same family similar to one another
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Non-shared environmental influences
The non-genetic influences individuals' lives that make them different from people they live with
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Sibling rivalry
Competition between siblings; often for parental attention
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Sibling deidentification
The process through which siblings deliberately try to be different from each other
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