indulgent parenting style:More responsive and less demanding of certain behaviors.
Industrial Revolution:(1750–1830) A time of rapid advancement in every area—
philosophical, religious, political, scientific, and economic.
instrumental role:In a marriage context, providing the primary financial support for the
family; traditionally, the husband’s role.
intermediate value stage of SVR theory:Evaluating another’s values, such as attitudes toward
religion, sex, career, and family.
intimacy:The feeling of closeness between two people.
intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI):A medical procedure in which a single sperm is
injected into a mature egg then the embryo is transferred to the uterus or fallopian tube.
Levinger’s relationship stage theory of mate selection:Suggests relationships go through a
series of stages as couples mature.
Levinson’s eras:A developmental theory focusing on four stages or eras: childhood and
adolescence, early adulthood, middle adulthood, and late adulthood.
looking-glass self:Charles Cooley’s concept that through our interactions with other
people—same sex and the opposite sex—we get feedback about ourselves.
male menopause:Psychological and hormonal changes which occur in men between the ages
of 40 and 55.
marriage:A social, economic, and legal covenant between a man and a woman.
matriarchal stepfamily:Wife plays the dominant role in the stepfamily. Can be quite
successful if husband and wife have similar values.
matrilineal family:Ancestry is traced through the mother’s bloodline, common in early
Native-American families.
melting pot:A metaphor used to describe a nation in which various cultures blend together
into a unified society.
menopause:A period of hormonal change beginning with a woman’s last menstrual cycle
and marking the end of a woman’s reproductive years.
midlife crisis:Period of introspection and reevaluation of life occurring in people between
their late thirties and early fifties.
midlife:Also known as the middle years or middle age, this period occurs approximately
from 40 to 65 years of age.
monochronic:Time is linear and sequential, moving forward in segments, so most often,
only one thing can be done at a time.
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