Chapter 14: Social Influences Flashcards
2 primary dimensions of parenting
1) warmth and responsiveness
2) control
warmth and responsiveness parenting
involved, respond with to emotional needs, spend time with them
controlling parents
Dictatorial: try to regulate every aspect child lives
what dimension of parenting is best and why?
- High levels of warmth and responsiveness and moderate levels of control are best
- Control involves setting age-appropriate standards, consistent enforcement of rules, and good communication
4 parenting styles (Baumrind)
1) authoritarian
2) authoritative
3) permissive
4) uninvolved
Authoritarian parenting style
high control, little warmth, not responsive
Children: unhappy, low self-esteem, overly aggressive
- high parental control
- low parental involvement
authoritative parenting style
- fair control with warmth and responsiveness
- Explain rules, encourage discussion
Children: Tend to be responsible, self-reliant, friendly, have higher marks
- high parental control
- high parental involvement
permissive parenting style
- warmth and caring but little control, never say no
- Punish infrequently
Children: impulsive, little self-control
- low parental control
- high parental involvement
uninvolved parenting style
- neglectful
Children: poorly in school, aggressive
- low parental control
- low parental involvement
best parenting style for children
- In general, authoritative parenting is associated with best outcomes for children
- Children thrive on style that combines control, warmth and affection
cultural variations of parenting
Parental styles may not only across cultures, but within cultures, depending on parents’ socioeconomic status and level of stress
lower SES
more controlling and punitive (authoritarian parenting), often stressful lives, likely to live in neighbourhoods where violence, drugs, crime are common, may be too stressed to invest time in authoritative parenting, and the authoritarian approach may protect child growing up in dangerous neighbourhoods
higher SES
Parents higher SES- better educated, often see development as complex process that required child-friendly approach= authoritative parenting
European Canadians parenting
want children to be happy, self-reliant individuals, goals achieved when parents are warm and exert moderate control
Asian/Latin American countries parenting
individualism less important, cooperation and collaboration important
China Parenting
parents are always right, emotional restrain is key to family harmony
what is parental behaviour STYLE?
broad categorization of how parents typically behave
direct instruction parental behaviour
telling children what to do, when and why
- E.g. explain why should share candy with brother, not just yell at them to do it
- Children tend to be more socially skilled, and get along better with peers
observing parental behaviour
children learn from watching others and from counterimitation (learning what should not be done)
- Contributes to intergenerational continuity of parenting behaviour from one generation to next
feedback parental behaviour
- reinforcement is useful but parents often unknowingly reinforce behaviours they want to prevent (negative reinforcement trap)
- Parents often unwittingly reinforce the very behaviours they want to discourage= negative reinforcement trap
reinforcement
increase behaviour by removing negative stimulants
punishment
any action that discourages the reoccurrence of the response/behaviour that it follows
To be effective, research indicates that punishment needs to be: (3)
1) Administered by a person with whom the child has a warm affectionate relationship
2) Accompanied by an explanation and suggestions for future ways of behaving
3) Administered promptly and consistently
partial reinforcement
sometimes get away with it, or sometimes get punished—there is a possibility wont get punished
3 disadvantages of punishment
- Behaviours are only stopped temporarily
- Child may be angry or upset to learn alternative behaviour
- (if the punishment is physical) child may imitate aggressive behaviours of parent with peers and younger siblings, leading to behaviors problems
time out
- child who misbehaves must briefly sit alone in quiet, unstimulating location
- punishing because it interrupts the child’s ongoing activity and isolated children form all forms of rewarding stimulation
time in
- adult talks with the child immediately, to help them understand the situation and their own feelings
- more positive alternative to traditional time out
Influence of marital system
- marital system is part of mesosystem
- Many parents work together in a coordinated and complementary fashion toward shared goals for child’s development
- Lack of teamwork, competition for child’s attention, and gatekeeping often cause problems
impacts of parenting of parents work-related stress
Lose self-esteem and find difficult to concentrate in school when parents become unemployed, or when they worry parents will become unemployed
what happens when parents are constantly in conflict?
children/adolescents often become anxious, withdrawn, aggressive, more prone to chronic diseases
Parental conflict affects child’s development in 3 stages
1) Seeing parents fight jeopardizes child’s feeling that family is stable, and secure, making child feel anxious, frightened, sad
2) Chronic conflict between parents often spills over into parent-child relationship
3) When parents invest time and energy into fighting with each other, often too tired or preoccupied to invest themselves in high-quality parenting
Parental control changes as children ____
DEVELOP
- as they develop cognitively they are better able to make own decisions, parents gradually relinquish control and expect children to assume more responsibility for themselves
Influence between parents and children is ____
reciprocal
impact of divorce
- Distressing for children, it involves conflict between parents and usually separation from one of them
- Divorce effects children’s conduct, school achievement, adjustment, self-concept, and relationships with parents
After divorce, when do children begin to adjust?
- Beginning in 2nd year following divorce
- Adjustment is easier if parents cooperate with each other
- Overall risk of emotional and behavioural problems is higher for children of divorce (majority wont experience long term negative effects)
Negative effects of divorce are related to (3)
- parental absence
- economic hardship
- conflict between parents
What happens later in their life to children who had divorced parents
As adults, children of divorce are more likely to experience conflict in own marriages, have negative attitudes toward marriage, and become divorced themselves, report less satisfaction with life, and more likely to become depressed
which type of children are more likely to be affected by divorce?
children who are temperamentally more emotional