FRHD 3040 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Internal Control, Authoritarianism, Behavior Management

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

Document Summary

Chapter 9: models of conformity and resistance in socialization theory. The study of socialization and internalization in the context of the family entails assumptions about conformity, resistance, and authority in parent- child social interactions. External and internal control theories represent well-established models of children"s conformity that originated in early theories of socialization and internalization developed before the 1970"s. Bidirectional models of causality in the family have mostly replaced unidirectional assumptions and a large body of research now exist on parent child interactions. The behavioral perspective on conformity has conceptual roots in operant theory and functional analysis, which emphasize observable parent and child behaviors and immediate antecedents and consequences as causes of behavior. Avoids the interference of internal mental constructs such as. If noncompliant behavior is not checked, it may become part of a causally interconnected chain of events that escalates the child"s involvement through antisocial behavior throughout development.