temperament and parenting

Question 1

theorists

Answer 1

thomas and chess

• followed newborns for decades; looked for stable/unstable traits
• IDd 9 temperament traits

Question 2

biggest factor in temperament

Answer 2

resilience

Question 3

temperament

Answer 3

innate personality composed of certain traits (that can be altered by environment slightly), acting as an underlying base

Question 4

significance/nursing role

Answer 4

• very seldom find an easy temperament child in mental health
• its when you get a difficult child in a difficult enviro that is also very stressful
• important to pick out family risks, temperament risks, and see what support is needed

Question 5

traits acronym

Answer 5

RIMTADAAA

Question 6

9 traits

Answer 6

rhythmicity
intensity
mood
threshold
activity
distractibility
adaptability
approach-withdrawal
Attention-persistence

Question 7

rhythmicity

Answer 7

how quickly the child gets into the rhythm of every day life; tends to continue but is trainable

Question 8

intensity

Answer 8

with any emotion, the world knows it; or very subdued

Question 9

mood

Answer 9

some more positive and some more negative; goes along with intensity

Question 10

threshold

Answer 10

how much of a stimulus is needed before getting a response (goes with neurological soft signs)

Question 11

activity

Answer 11

neurological overflow, cannot sit still; boys more active than girls

Question 12

distractibility

Answer 12

how easily they are distracted to things in the environment

Question 13

adaptability

Answer 13

long term adaptability (more long term*) to situations; some suffer loss, some adjust quickly

Question 14

approach-withdrawal

Answer 14

response to a new situation or challenge (dont let them quit right away)

Question 15

attention-persistence

Answer 15

how long they will stay w an activity even in the face of frustration

Question 16

authoritarian

Answer 16

not long term; disobedience is punished; will be obedient, compliant kids in early years but in adolescence increased depression and acting out

Question 17

permissive: warm-indulging

Answer 17

parents love their kids but have no boundaries

- better to be this

Question 18

permissive: cold-neglecting

Answer 18

uninterested parents without boundaries

Question 19

authoritative

Answer 19

lowest level of behavioural/MH problems; “democratic parenting”; the whole goal of parenting is INDUCTIVE discipline (teaching the child); have boundaries; goal is to have them understand; recommended/best style

Question 20

traditional (1989)

Answer 20

mother adopts more nurturing role and father is the more stern disciplinary; 2nd best

Question 21

vital parenting components

Answer 21

goodness of fit 
inductive discipline
natural and logical consequences
encouragement
consistency
role modelling
understanding of child development
respect

Question 22

goodness of fit

Answer 22

when parenting style matches the temp of the child

Question 23

natural consequences

Answer 23

feeling result of something (falling down tree)

Question 24

logical consequences

Answer 24

construct consequence that makes sense according to what happened (ie. take bike away for acting out)