PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Parenting Styles, Moral Development, Puberty

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

Document Summary

Chapter 11: adolescence: parenting styles, adolescence, a) storm and stress, b) moral development, c) identity formation. Close emotional relationship between a child and a caregiver. Ramifications of severe neglect (e. g. orphaned children) The other is represented as responsive and reliable and the self as worthy of being protected and responded to: avoidant (20%, anxious/ ambivalent (15%, disorganized-disoriented (10%) Originates from caregiver responsiveness and child"s temperament (see p. 473) Begins at puberty: follows 2 years of pubescent growth spurt, puberty: marked by sexual maturity, adolescence. Timing of maturation and implications for boys and girls. Emerging adulthood: 18- 25 years, expanded period in which questions around identity can be resolved. Adulthood: emotional and financial independence, period of storm and stress, conflict with parents, mood disruptions, risky behaviors: potential for harm to self and/or others. E. g. crime, drug use, risky sexual behaviour. Attributable to personality and underdeveloped frontal lobes affecting judgment: moral development.