Psychology 2040A/B Lecture Notes - Nuclear Family, Stress Management, Authoritarianism
19 Nov 2013
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Understanding the family family is a social system. Entire system must be addressed to fix individual problems. Most important function is to socialize children. Complex social system that is constantly evolving. Holistic structure: interrelated parts which affect and is affected by other parts. Characteristics: dynamic constantly developing, embedded within a larger culture. Collectivist children display better patterns of psychological adjustment in extended rather than nuclear families. Dimensions of parenting: accepting/responsive parents vs. demanding/controlling parents. Patterns of parenting: baumrind"s research: authoritative, authoritarian, permissive, maccoby & martin: uninvolved. Children of permissive parents: impulsive and aggressive. Prone to antisocial/delinquent acts least desired form of parenting. Behavioural: regulate conduct through discipline and monitoring. Psychological: influence behavior by psychological tactics such as withholding affection and/or inducing shame or guilt. Psychological control leads to anxiety, depression, deviance. Transactional model: parents ad children influence each other reciprocally. Ses effects (group trends) lower class tends to be more authoritarian family distress model.
