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Test 3
Choices in Relationships: Marriage and Family
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
12/12/2011

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Baby Blues
Definition
transitory symptoms of depression 24 to 48 hours after a baby is born.
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behavioral approach
Definition
an approach to childrearing based on the principal that behavior is learned through classical and operant conditioning.
ex:Every time someone flushes a toilet in the apartment building, the shower becomes very hot and causes the person to jump back. Over time, the person begins to jump back automatically after hearing the flush, before the water temperature changes.
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Demandingness
Definition
the degree to which parents place expectations on children and use discipline to enforce the demands
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Developmental maturational approach
Definition
an approach to childrearing that views what children do, think,and feel as being influences by their genetic inheritance.
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Gate keeper role
Definition
typically a mother, is one who takes to arrogating themselves the power to decide what relationship is acceptable between the other parent and the child(ren), either within a marriage, or outside any formal agreement between the two parents was in place after a divorce settlement.
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Socioteleological approach
Definition
approach of childrearing that explains children behavior as resulting from the attempt to compensate for feelings of inferiority
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Parent effectiveness training
Definition
a model of childrearing that focuses on trying to understand what a child is feeling and experiencing in the here and now
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Menarche
Definition
the first menstrual period of an individual
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Oppositional defiant disorder
Definition
a pattern of disobedient, hostile, and defiant behavior toward authority figures
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Nature deficient disorder
Definition
that children are spending less time outdoors, resulting in a wide range of behavioral problems.
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Gerontology
Definition
the study of aging
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Medicaid
Definition
the United States health program for certain people and families with low incomes and resources.
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medicare
Definition
a social insurance program administered by the United States government, providing health insurance coverage to people who are aged 65 and over
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Thanatology
Definition
the scientific study of death
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Sandwich generation
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a generation of people who care for their aging parents while supporting their own children.
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