ADOLESCENCE, STEINBERG CHAPTER 4 FAMILIES QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
self-fulfilling prophecy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The idea that individual's behavior is influenced by
others' expectations for them.
family systems theory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A perspective on family functioning that emphasizes
interconnections among different family relationships (such as marital, parent-child, sibling)
midlife crisis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A psychological crisis over identity believed to occur between the
ages of 35 and 45, the age range of most adolescents' parents.
familism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅An orientation toward life in which the needs of one's family take
precedence over the needs of the individuals.
generational dissonance - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Divergence of views between adolescents and parents
that is common in families of immigrant parents and American-born adolescents.
parental responsiveness - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅One of the two important dimensions of parenting;
responsiveness refers to the degree to which the parent responds to the child's needs in an accepting,
supportive manner.
parental demandingness - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅One of two important dimensions of parenting;
demandingness refers to the degree to which the parent expects and insists on mature, responsible
behavior from the child.
authoritative parents - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Parents who use warmth, firm control, and rational,
issue-oriented discipline, in which emphasis is placed on the development of self-direction.
authoritarian parents - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Parents who use punitive, absolute, and forceful
discipline, and who place a premium on obedience and conformity.
ANSWERS
self-fulfilling prophecy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The idea that individual's behavior is influenced by
others' expectations for them.
family systems theory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A perspective on family functioning that emphasizes
interconnections among different family relationships (such as marital, parent-child, sibling)
midlife crisis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A psychological crisis over identity believed to occur between the
ages of 35 and 45, the age range of most adolescents' parents.
familism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅An orientation toward life in which the needs of one's family take
precedence over the needs of the individuals.
generational dissonance - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Divergence of views between adolescents and parents
that is common in families of immigrant parents and American-born adolescents.
parental responsiveness - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅One of the two important dimensions of parenting;
responsiveness refers to the degree to which the parent responds to the child's needs in an accepting,
supportive manner.
parental demandingness - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅One of two important dimensions of parenting;
demandingness refers to the degree to which the parent expects and insists on mature, responsible
behavior from the child.
authoritative parents - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Parents who use warmth, firm control, and rational,
issue-oriented discipline, in which emphasis is placed on the development of self-direction.
authoritarian parents - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Parents who use punitive, absolute, and forceful
discipline, and who place a premium on obedience and conformity.
