FRHD 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Parenting Styles, Mental Model, Sex Segregation

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1010
• Professor: Susan Chuang

Document Summary

Emotional development: children gradually become more capable in every aspect of their lives, including learning when and how to express emotions, emotional regulation the ability to control when and how emotions are expressed. Initiative versus guilt erikson"s third psychosocial crisis, in which children undertake new skills and activities and feel guilty when they do not succeed at them. Motivation: motivation (the impulse that propels someone to act) comes either from a person"s own desires or from the social context. Seeking emotional balance: psychopathology an illness or disorder of the mind, parents guide children toward an optimal balance between emotional expression and emotional control. Externalizing and internalizing problems: externalizing problems difficulty with emotional regulation that involves expressing powerful feelings through uncontrolled physical or verbal outbursts, as by lashing out at other people or breaking things. Internalizing problems difficulty with emotional regulation that involves turning one"s emotional distress inward, by feeling excessively guilty, ashamed, or worthless.