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| big five factors of personality | OCEAN: Openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism (emotional stability) are important dimensions of personality. (See page(s) 456) |
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| contemporary life-events approach | Emphasizes that how a life event influences the individual's development depends not only on the life event, but also on mediating factors, the individual's adaptation to the life event, the life-stage context, and the socio-historical context. (See page(s) 449) |
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| empty nest syndrome | A decrease in marital satisfaction after children leave home because parents derive considerable satisfaction from their children. (See page(s) 462) |
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| social clock | The timetable according to which individuals are expected to accomplish life's tasks, such as getting married, having children, or establishing themselves in a career. (See page(s) 451) |