FRHD 3040 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Quakers, Enuresis, Diana Baumrind

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 3040
• Professor: Cindy Clarke

Document Summary

What is theory: fundamental beliefs, and assumptions about nature of a phenomenon, used to understand, predict and guide interventions and new research, explicit theories: formal propositions determine how scientists define the research and problem to be solved. Implicit theories: informal common sense taken for grant determines how people and scientists think about the phenomenon everyday in life: all contain assumptions, nature of child, nature of relationship, nature of processes, causality, desirable outcomes. Illustrations of common sense cultural theories of parenting: metaphor and aphorisms (popular sayings, ordinary language, child influence as cute . Two main types of theory in parenting: direction of causality: unidirectional model (parent affects child) mechanistic: something like a machine where one affects the other, bidirectional models (parent affects child and vice versa) more dynamic. Shift in parenting theory research: 1900s-1960s: unidirectional theories and interventions, 1970s to present: slow but consistent acceptance of bidirectional or dynamic models: not there yet!