Growing up in a family Flashcards
What is the sign that children have internalized rules
abiding with the rule even if parents are not present
What is the best strategy for promoting internalization of appropriate behaviour
reasoning + just righ amount of psychological pressure:
reasoning that focuses on the effects of a behaviour on someone else is best strategy for promoting internalization
-like “pulling someone’s hair is wrong because it hurts the other person’s body”, teaches empathy
psychological pressure that is clear but not too much so that child is obedient only because he is forced to, will comply only if there is a risk of being caught
what are the 2 dimensions of parenting
discipline/control: extent to which parents monitor and manage their children’s behaviour through rules and consequences
sensitivity/support/warmth: extent to which parents mirrir their children and are responsive to them
Authoritative parenting
High in sensitivity/warmth and discipline
Authoritarian parenting
Low in sensitivity/warmth but high discipline
Permissive parenting
HIgh in sensitivity/warmth but low in discipline
Effect of permissive parenting on kids
-Higher in impulsivity (parent is not asking the child to regulate themselves)
-Low academic achievement
-More behavioural problems, like delinquency and agression
Uninvolved parenting
low in discipline and sensitivity
Parenting across culture
Authoritarian parenting is liekly to affect more chinese american children or european american children?
likely to have more consequences on european american, bc it is less the norm to be authoritarian.
True or false: authoritative parents is best across culture, but authoritarian parenting is more harmful in cultures where it is the norm
False. Less harmful in cultures where it is the norm
The negative effects of spanking (less compliance, more aggressivity, problematic relationship with parents, more mental health problems, lower self-esteem) are found across cultural groups
True. Spanking is bad.
effect of timing of divorce on internalizing symptoms, externalizing symptoms and academic performance
younger kids whose parents got divorced showed more internalizing symptoms and more externalizing symptoms.
older kids whose parents divorced had poorer academic performance
what are the predictors of positive sibling relationship
1) siblings are treated equally by parents
2) parents get along with each other
true or false: both low and high SES are risk factors for children’s adjustment
True