PSY 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Sibling Rivalry, Parenting Styles, Attribution Bias

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 302
• Professor: Lixia Yang

Document Summary

Microsystem: the child, family, day care, preschool. Family: a social system or network of reciprocal relationships. Family structure: nuclear families (f + m + c, extended families (nuclear + relatives, single-parent families, blended families. Survival of offspring: attending to their needs. Economic function: providing the means for them to acquire the skills and resources needed to be economically productive. Cultural training: teaching children the basic values of the culture. Developmental perspective: family dynamics may change as children grows older, with changes in parents and/or family structure. Biological characteristics (e. g. , temperaments) of family members affect family interactions. Acceptance/responsiveness (permissiveness): the extent to which parents are supportive, sensitive, and responsive. Demandingness/control (restrictiveness): the amount of regulation and control that parents undertake. Four parenting styles: baumrind"s research with preschoolers & parents (1967, 1971: authoritarian: firm and aloof, authoritative: firm but gentle, permissive: lax and gentle, uninvolved: lax but aloof. Authoritative: reasonable demands; consistently enforced; with sensitivity to and acceptance of the child.