PSYC 2110 Study Guide - Theoretical Ecology, Coparenting, Collectivism

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2110
• Professor: Gillian Wu

Document Summary

The most important role of the family is to allow their young to go through socialization (process that allows children to acquire beliefs, motives, values and behaviours deemed appropriate for older members of society) Children were once thought to only develop based on how their mother raised them; now we know that children are affected by both their families, cultural and community influences (based on brofenbrenner"s ecological theory) Traditional nuclear families: consists of a mother, father and their children: this family system consists of interactions of father-mother, infant- mother, and father-infant r/s (and each of the these interactions is influenced by the 3rd persons attitudes/behaviours) Coparenting: when parents mutually support each other and fn as a co-op parenting team hard for couples w. martial problems and other life stress. Extended family: when the traditional family lives w. other relatives. With the dev of one family mem, the dynamics of the family also change (so the family is a dynamic/changing system)