Parent-Child Relationships Flashcards
Typical outcomes for children with authoritative parents? (4)
- Higher academic achievers
- Better with peers/prosocial behaviour
- Open to communicate with parents EVEN if they’ve done smt wrong
- Will form a secure attachment –> want to become authoritative
Typical outcomes for children with authoritarian parents? (remember ‘snowplow’) (4)
- Won’t be very well socialized
- Won’t understand cause and effect/compromise/negotiation
- Bad with conflict resolution
- Lower academic achievement
Typical outcomes for children with permissive/indulgent parents? (4)
- Lower academic achievement
- Fairly selfish - cannot compromise well
- No impulse control/self-regulation (bigger risk takers?)
- Less socially responsible
Typical outcomes for children with uninvolved parents? (5)
- Less supervision –> more aggressive
- Lower academic achievement
- Earlier sexual activity
- Earlier drug/substance use
- Socially bad/an outcast
What group (lower or higher SES) usually falls under concerted cultivation?
Higher class - able to provide more time and money to their children + cultivate skills
What group (lower or higher SES) usually falls under accomplishments of natural growth?
Lower - not able to dispense a lot of money into specific skills
Inductive discipline (2 key words)
Form of discipline relying on reasoning and guidance
What are the 3 main parts of inductive discipline?
- Parents model GOOD conflict res.
- Focusing on BEHAVIOUR and not child’s characteristics (makes them understand that THEY aren’t bad, their actions are)
- Helps children internalize RULES and standards
Who are the parents who use ineffective physical discipline? (3)
- Low SES
- Young (and single), inexperienced parents
- Often spanked themselves