Week 4 - Families Flashcards
(40 cards)
What is the most important function for adolescents in terms of family?
SOCIALIZATION!!!
What is socialization?
where children acquire the beliefs, motives, values, and behaviours deemed significant by a culture or subculture
Families are NOT dynamic systems. True or False?
False! They are!
What sort of relationships exist in the dynamic system of the family?
reciprocal relationships!
- parents influence the children and the children influence the parents
What can cause a disequilibrium in a family system?
“significant change in a family member of in a relationship between family members”
- puberty
- divorce
-death
What are “phase transitions” in family dynamics?
when old patterns are breaking down and new patterns are emerging
Are family dynamics always changing?
YES!
- children become more AUTONOMOUS and want more FREEDOM –> lead to conflict
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What are the two dimensions of parenting?
1.Acceptance/Responsiveness
2. Demanding/control
What makes a parent “accepting/responsive”?
- warmth
- affectionate
- receptive
- supporting
- smile, praise and encourage children
- can be critical if child misbehaving
What makes parents “demanding/controlling”?
- surpervising
- regulating
- setting limits
- actively monitoring to ensure rules are being followed
What are the 4 different types of parenting styles?
- Authoritarian
- Authoritative
- Permissive
- Uninvolved
What does “authoritarian” parenting focus on and provide an example?
- obedience
- punishment over discipline
-high demand, low warmth - ex: the mother in tangled
What does “authoritative” parenting focus on and provide an example?
- creates a positive relationship
- enforce rules rationally
- low demand, high warmth
- “gold standard”
- consider child’s point of view and acknowledges that
- tailors demands to child’s ability to regulate
-demands are realistic and allows autonomy - ex: Phill from modern family or Danny from Full House
What does “permissive” parenting focus on and provide an example?
- Don’t enforce rules
- mentality that “kids will be kids”
-more flexible - ex: mom from Mean Girls
What does “uninvolved” parenting focus on and provide an example?
- provide little guidance, nurture, or attention
-not responsive, not warm, no rules - ex: Schidt’s Creek parents
What are the child’s outcomes like from “Authoritarian” parenting?
- passive
-dependent
-weaker self-esteem
What are the child’s outcomes like from “Authoritative” parenting?
- independent
- self-assured
- less likely to get involved in problem behaviours
- positive social, emotional, and intellectual abilities
What are the child’s outcomes like from “Permissive” parenting?
- immature
- easily influenced by peer pressure
- self-centered
-lack self control
What are the child’s outcomes like from “Uninvolved” parenting?
- most negative outcomes:(
- little interest in school
- get into risky activity early (sex, drugs, alcohol)
Can parenting styles mix or be dependent on the situation?
YEs!
What is the difference between emotional autonomy and behavioural autonomy?
Behavioural = ability to make own decisions
Emotional = inner sources of emotional security
What is the difference between “behavioural control” and “Psychological control” ?
- behavioural = parental rules, restriction’s, and limits
- psychological = inducing guilt, love withdrawl (manipulation of the child)
What are lower levels of behavioural control linked to?
- drug use
- antisocial
-not going to school
What are high levels of psychological control linked to?
- anxiety
-depression - rejection by peers
