Ch 7 Flashcards
Who stated that parenting can be viewed through the dimension of warmth and responsiveness
Baumrind
What are the four different parenting styles?
- Authoritarian
- Permissive- Indulgent
- Permissive- Indifferent
- Authoritative
Children of warm parents feel…
secure, happ, and are more well-behaved
Children of hostile or uninvolved parents may be…
anxious and less controlled
How do the dimension of control affect parenting effectiveness?
- children of over-controlling parents may feel unable to develop standards of behavior on their own
- a balance of good control, communication, and warmth results in children with an understanding of what is expected and invites dialogue
- high control with little warmth
- hard work, respect, and obedience are encouraged
- little give-and-take and parents do not explain their decisions
authoritarian
- combines more control with warmth and responsiveness
- they explain the rules and encourage decision
authoritative
- provides warmth with little control
- use little punishment and accept their children’s behavior
Indulgent-permissive
parenting that involves little warmth or control
- parents are not involved with their children except to provide for basic physical and emotional needs
- they minimize their time with their children
indifferent-uninvolved
What are the effects of authoritative parenting on children?
- they tend to be more responsible, self-reliant, and friendly
What are the effects of authoritarian parents on children?
- lower self-esteem and are less skilled socially
What are the effects of indulgent-permissive parents on children?
- often impulsive and easily frustrated
What are the effects of indifferent-uninvolved parents on children?
- they often have low self-esteem, and are aggressive, impulsive, and moody
Which ethnicity of parents tend to value warmth and moderate control in order to encourage independence and self-reliance?
European-American
Where is individualism not as highly valued, and cooperation and collaboration are encouraged by more emotional restraint and control?
- Asian and Latin American countries
Parents that use what tell children what to do and when and why? When is it most powerful?
- direct instruction
- when combined with modeling
When is learning by observation effective?
- when paired with counterimitation
- learning what should not be done
occurs when a child cries, complains, or whines until the parent relents and provides what the child desires
negative reinforcement trap
Punishment is more effective when it is…
- immediate
- consistent
- informative
- administered by a person with whom the child has a warm and affectionate relationship
What has side-effects and drawbacks such as being only temporarily effective?
punishment
Children upset by punishment may not understand what?
the purpose of the consequence
may result in aggression as a means to resolve disputes with other children
physical punishment
a consequence of misbehavior in which the child sits alone in a boring location is brief effective and informative
Time-out
Research demonstrates that chronic parental conflict is harmful to children. What are the effects of that?
- jeopardizes children’s feelings of a stable family
- affects the parent-child relationship
- parents in conflict may be too preoccupied for high quality parenting
What are the characteristics of children that affects how parents treat them?
- age
- temperament and behavior
- higher test scores
- more driven to succeed
first born
- more socially advanced
- the great “compromiser”
middle child