PSC 140 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Diana Baumrind, Cooperative Breeding, Child Care
● Family structure: The social organization of a family. Most commonly, the structure is
nuclear or extended
● Nuclear families: families consisting of parents (including single parents) and their
children
● Extended families: families in which not only parents & their children but other kin -
grandparents, cousins, nieces & nephew, or more distant family relations - share a
household
● Allocaregiving: child care & protection provided by group members other than the
parents, usually other relatives
● Cooperative breeding: in humans & certain other species, a system involving networks of
support in which individuals other than parents contribute resources toward rearing the
young
● No- nonsense parenting: parenting characterized by a mix of high parental control -
including punishment - and warmth, and associated especially with African American
single mothers
● Authoritative parenting pattern: parenting style identified by Baumrind in which parents
set standards & limits for children but also encourage discussion & independence, &
express warmth
● Authoritarian parenting pattern: parenting style identified by Baumrind that focuses on
enforcing obedience & conformity to traditional standards, including by use of
punishment, & that is lacking in verbal give - and - take with children & in expressions of
warmth
● Permissive parenting pattern: parenting style identified by Baumrind in which parents
express warmth but do not exercise control over their children's behavior
● Home child care: child care provided in the child’s own home, primarily by a grandmother
or other family member, while the parents are at work
● Family child care: child care provided in someone else’s home, that of either a relative or
a stranger
● Child - care centers: an organized child care facility supervised by licensed professionals
● Social capital: the resources that communities provide children & families, including not
only schools, health services, & so on, but also social structures, expectations for
behavior, & levels of trust & cooperation among community members
● Neighborhood physical disorder: a problem in distressed communities, including both
physical deterioration (garbage on the streets rundown buildings, etc.) & chaotic activity
(crowding, high noise levels, etc.)
● Social disorganization: a problem in distressed communities, including weak social
cohesion ( lack of trust and connection among community members), poor neighborhood
climate (fear related to crime and violence), and perceived racism
● Media: forms of mass communication, including newspapers, magazines, books, comic
books, radio, television, films, video games, and the Internet
● Prevention science: an area of research that examines the biological & social processes
that lead to maladjustment as well as those that are associated with healthy
development
Document Summary
Family structure: the social organization of a family. Most commonly, the structure is nuclear or extended. Nuclear families: families consisting of parents (including single parents) and their children. Extended families: families in which not only parents & their children but other kin - grandparents, cousins, nieces & nephew, or more distant family relations - share a household. Allocaregiving: child care & protection provided by group members other than the parents, usually other relatives. Cooperative breeding: in humans & certain other species, a system involving networks of support in which individuals other than parents contribute resources toward rearing the young. No- nonsense parenting: parenting characterized by a mix of high parental control - including punishment - and warmth, and associated especially with african american single mothers. Authoritative parenting pattern: parenting style identified by baumrind in which parents set standards & limits for children but also encourage discussion & independence, & express warmth.
