PSY311H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Parenting, Restrictiveness, Royal Norwegian Order Of Merit
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Reciprocal influence between parents and children: we do not have the experimental research to see how important parenting is. Original of parental behaviour: universal attributes. All parents want the same things for their children where children of all cultures have similar needs in terms of needs as feeding. We all have similar attributes and behaviour are similar, so attributes or parental behaviour will be similar. In terms of how controlling, liberal, or democratic parents treat their children: culture-specific attributes, individual attributes. Based upon our own experiences of being parented ourselves we take examples from the way our parents treated us. If you"re active and outgoing, you will be so with children and include them in such activities. Important to remember that child"s temperament and context of development will have a strong influence on parenting style. Two important dimensions are: permissiveness vs. restrictiveness. Permissiveness parents let their children do what they want, and restrictieness don"t let their children do alot.
