chapter 6 (parenting challenges and socialization) Flashcards
birth rate
number of births per 100, 000 people each year.
concerted cultivation
according to annette lareau, in high-income societies parenting has forced parents, especially mothers, to take responsibility for all aspects of their children’s behaviour.
parental involvement
spending time with children, talking about them, and thinking about them.
socialization
the social learning process a person goes through to become a capable, functioning member of society; to prepare for life in society.
primary socialization
learning that takes place during childhood. generally done through the family.
family cohesion
a sense of attachment and related ness among family members, both preserved and represented by shared activities, self-identification as a family member, and signs of familiarity and liking.
control and supervision
the extent to which parents oversee and censure their child’s behaviour.
authoritative parenting
parenting characterized by high acceptance and high control, which produces the best results in children.
authoritarian
parenting characterized by low acceptance and high control, which can hinder the development of expressiveness and independence in children.
unengaged parenting
a type of parenting with low acceptance and control.
permissive parenting
type of parenting with high acceptance and low control.
induction
a form of discipline focused on using reason to encourage children to behave in certain ways to benefit themselves or others, for example, a child will be told to put away their toys so others will not trip over them.
internal moral control
an emotional training that pushes people to willingly obey the rules.
power assertion
threatening a child with punishment, usually in physical form, for non-compliance.
