PSY 204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Mental Model, Social Change, Positive Feedback
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Effective parents gradually shift control from the adult to the child, but this does not mean that they let go altogether. A coercive behavior pattern refers to an environment in which family members are locked in power struggles, each trying to control the other through aggressive tactics such as threatening, shouting and hitting. The bi-directional model: according to this model, parent and child are seen to influence each other reciprocally, they tend to reinforce and perpetuate each other"s behavior. All these models impact children, but we should not assume that parents are solely responsible for whether their children turn out good or bad . Parents are not the only source of influence on children as they get older. Parents are responsible for transmitting values and attitudes to their children. It is assumed that, if children experience security in their first social relationship (usually with their parents), they internalize these experiences to develop an internal working model for future relationships.
