chapter 14 - becoming part of the family Flashcards
parenting style
the behaviors and attitudes that parents have toward their children, which together create a particular parenting environment or climate
authoritarian parents
a parent who adopts a stern, coercive mode of child rearing
permissive parent
a parent who adopts a style of child rearing that is warm but set few if any guidelines for the child’s behavior
authoritative parent
a parent who adopts a warm mode of child rearing with clear limits and guidelines for the child’s behavior
ecological systems approach
an approach to the study of families that emphasizes the various contexts in which children develop and how children fit into those contexts
child effect
a genetically determined behavior in a child that evokes a particular kind of behavioral response in the parent
gender schema
a cognitive structure for interpreting gender-related activities and roles
resource theory
the idea that the more children there are in a family, the fewer resources there are for each child
confluence theory
the theory that as family size grows, there is a corresponding drop in the overall intellectual climate in the family because many conversations and interactions would be between children rather than between adults and children
sibling differentiation
a phenomenon in which siblings strive to occupy contrasting social and skill niches as a way of developing their own distinctive identities in a family. This is in contrast to the case where younger siblings imitate older ones
nuclear families
a family typically consisting of the mother and father as heads of the household, along with their children
extended families
a family whose members reach across generations and sometimes incorporates aunts, uncles, and cousins
internalizing problem
a problem that is largely within the individual, such as depression
externalizing problem
a problem that is expressed externally by a child, such as aggression or sexual promiscuity
blended family
a family consisting of the parents and all children from their current relationship as well as children from prior relationships