Cooper's father is a corporate executive who works long hours. he travels several days throughout the month and spends very little time with cooper. he has never been to any of cooper's soccer games or met any of his friends. cooper's father believes that his career is more important than raising his son. as such, he does not get involved in cooper's life. psychologists would describe cooper's father's style of parenting as

Brandy has been given a great deal of opportunity to advance her career. she recently got a huge increase in authority and salary, and she was hired to do what she has always claimed was her dream job. however, brandy is not enthusiastic about coming to work, and when she is there, she spends most of her time complaining about how maurice got a bigger office and nicer furniture than she did. brandy’s behavior would seem to support theory.