PSYCH211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Prefrontal Cortex, Parenting Styles, Lowkey

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH211
• Professor: Nancekivell

Document Summary

Believed that a healthy outcome depends on the quality of caregiving (and the parents ability to be in-tune with their child needs) When the balance of care is sympathetic and loving the psychological con ict of the rst year basic trust and mistrust is resolved on the positive side. A trusting infant expects that world to be good and gratifying and is therefore con dent about exploring. Successfully emerging from this stage mean that the infant is well prepared to face challenges. Mistrustful infants do not depend on others and begins to withdraw themselves. When the transition is made into toddlerhood, the toddler wants both make make decisions by themselves. The con ict of autonomy and shame/doubt is resolved when parents provide young children with suitable guidance and reasonable choices . A self con dent 2 year old is one who id not criticized or attacked when failing at a new task.