Chapter 14 - Program 19

Question 1

Dimensions of Parental Behavior; warmth/acceptance/responsiveness -

Answer 1

strongest and most consistent effects on children’s development
- love, praise, value, accept, respond

Question 2

Dimensions of Parental Behavior; demandingness/control -

Answer 2

amount of regulation or supervision that parents undertake with their children
- limit freedom with rules, supervision

Question 3

Diana Baumrind has posed that these 2 dimensions are independent and when put together we have 4 different types of parenting:

Answer 3

1. authoritative (warm, responsive, control, rules, explains)
2. authoritarian (high on control, not sensitive to child)
3. permissive (warm, accepting, lax on control and discipline)
4. uninvolved (either warm, responding, controlling, emotionally detached from child, focus on parental needs)

Question 4

Effects of parenting style;

Answer 4

• children differ in temperament
• embedded in a context; socioeconomic status
• culture and society
• historical social events

Question 5

What was Dr. Storey’s experiment ?

Answer 5

interviewing and taking blood samples of men at different times of stimulation during their partner’s pregnancy. men have some of the same hormonal changes as their partner

Question 6

what was Michael Bruce-Lockhart main points?

Answer 6

• spend time with children

- firm boundaries that are clear, consistent, reasonable (make sure child has a say)

Question 7

what did Serena Hancock say?

Answer 7

• flexible, allow children to be creative, nurturing
• give them responsibilities to being a family member
• let them have a say in the decision making