6.4 Early and Middle Adulthood: Building Effective Lives

Question 1

parenting styles

Answer 1

• parental behaviors that determine the

nature of parent-child interactions and that guide their interaction with the child

Question 2

Authoritarian parents

Answer 2

• demanding but not responsive

Question 3

permissive parents

Answer 3

• tend to make few demands and give little punishment, but they are responsive in the sense that they generally allow their children to make their own rules

Question 4

authoritative parents

Answer 4

• are demanding, but they are also responsive to the needs and opinions of the child

Question 5

rejecting-neglecting parents

Answer 5

• are undemanding and unresponsive overall

Question 6

menopause

Answer 6

• the cessation of the menstrual cycle

Question 7

social clock

Answer 7

• the culturally preferred “right time” for major life events, such as moving out of the childhood house, getting married, and having childre