PSY 3105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Nuclear Family, Psych, Twin Study

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3105
• Professor: Philip Wall

Document Summary

Thursday, march 31, y: negative feedback: father demands clean room, son im busy father: try to do it before dinner > less demanding, less defiance. Fucntions and expectations in families: for children (before age 10) family is central focus, but w adolescence, other influences like peers, are important, parents don"t want their kids to push back and demand autonomy. 2: disequilibrium = anytime there is a significant change in an individual or in interrelationships, causes unbalance. Extended families: nuclear family = set of parents and their children, extended family = includes grandparents and other relatives (more common in minorities, non-parent relationships are important to teens. Parenting dimensions and styles (5 point question???????: acceptance and responsiveness, and demandingness/control, authoritative = both responsive and demanding, authoritarian = demanding but not responsive, indulgent = responsive but not demanding, indifferent = neither responsive nor demanding. Effects of parenting styles: authoritative: independent, self-assured, thrive academically.