PSY 3123 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Middleground, Teenage Pregnancy, Parenting Styles

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3123
• Professor: Guergana Roumenova Mileva;

Document Summary

Attachment styles: secure 60%: parenting style is aligned with the child and in tune with the child"s emotions. The child is able to create meaningful relationships, are empathetic, and able to set appropriate boundaries: avoidant 20%: parenting style is unavailable or rejecting. The child avoids closeness or emotional connection; they are critical, rigid, and intolerant: ambivalent 10-15%: inconsistent and sometimes intrusive parental communication. The child is anxious, insecure, controlling, blaming, erratic, unpredictable, sometimes charming: disorganized 10-15%: the child is ignored and did not have their needs met, parental behaviour was frightening and traumatizing. As a result the child is chaotic, insensitive, explosive, abusive, untrusting, yet craves security. Socialization is a lifelong process which helps the individual develop a sense of identity, status, and roles in society. Children who can"t read social cues or interpret their environment are at a significant disadvantage because of this. Early canada: children were employed and became assets to the family by age seven.