Growing up in a family

Question 1

What is the sign that children have internalized rules

Answer 1

abiding with the rule even if parents are not present

Question 2

What is the best strategy for promoting internalization of appropriate behaviour

Answer 2

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

Question 3

what are the 2 dimensions of parenting

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Authoritative parenting

Answer 4

High in sensitivity/warmth and discipline

Question 5

Authoritarian parenting

Answer 5

Low in sensitivity/warmth but high discipline

Question 6

Permissive parenting

Answer 6

HIgh in sensitivity/warmth but low in discipline

Question 7

Effect of permissive parenting on kids

Answer 7

-Higher in impulsivity (parent is not asking the child to regulate themselves)
-Low academic achievement
-More behavioural problems, like delinquency and agression

Question 8

Uninvolved parenting

Answer 8

low in discipline and sensitivity

Question 9

Parenting across culture

Question 10

Authoritarian parenting is liekly to affect more chinese american children or european american children?

Answer 10

likely to have more consequences on european american, bc it is less the norm to be authoritarian.

Question 11

True or false: authoritative parents is best across culture, but authoritarian parenting is more harmful in cultures where it is the norm

Answer 11

False. Less harmful in cultures where it is the norm

Question 12

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

Answer 12

True. Spanking is bad.

Question 13

effect of timing of divorce on internalizing symptoms, externalizing symptoms and academic performance

Answer 13

younger kids whose parents got divorced showed more internalizing symptoms and more externalizing symptoms.

older kids whose parents divorced had poorer academic performance

Question 14

what are the predictors of positive sibling relationship

Answer 14

1) siblings are treated equally by parents
2) parents get along with each other

Question 15

true or false: both low and high SES are risk factors for children’s adjustment

Answer 15

True