| A | B |
|---|
| functions | Purposes |
| conflict resolution | An approach to solving disagreements. |
| pessimist | Someone with a negative point of view. |
| optimist | Someone with a positive point of view. |
| needs | Requirements for a person's survival and proper development. |
| emotions | Feelings created in response to thoughts, remarks, and events. |
| emotional support | Everything that people do to help meet the emotional needs of others. |
| personality | The characteristics that make a person unique. |
| socialization | The process of learning to relate to others and get along with them. |
| independence | The ability to take care of yourself. |
| wants | Things that are desired but are not essential. |
| values | Beliefs and feelings about what is important. |
| value system | The set of values a person has. |
| moral code | The principles of right and wrong that a person lives by. |
| images | Mental pictures of what something is like. |
| ideal | Perfect. |
| nuclear family | Family consisting of a mother, father, and their children. |
| blended family | Husband and wife, at least one of whom has children from a pervious relationship. |
| extended family | Family group including relatives other than parents and children. |
| adoptive family | A family in which parents have gone through a legal process to make children a part of the family. |
| legal guardian | Person who has financial and legal responsibility for a child. |
| autocratic style | A parenting style based on the belief that children should obey their parents without hesitation or question. |
| democratic style | Responsibility for decision making is shared. |
| interdependence | A feeling of mutual reliance. |
| launching | The process that sends children out on their own. |
| empty nest | The home with children grown and gone. |
| trend | A general direction or pattern of change over time. |
| service industries | Businesses thast provide services to others, including information processing. |
