Question | Answer |
Parenting Style is Assessed on Two Dimensions. What are they? | Warmth and Control |
What dimension of parenting style is this? "Parent sets limits, parent monitors child's whereabouts" | Control |
What dimension of parenting style is this? "parent takes time to explain why, provides encouragement and parent is involved in child's life" | Warmth |
high warmth, high control parenting style? | authoritative |
high warmth, low control parenting style? | permissive |
low warmth, high control parenting style? | authoritarian |
low warmth, low control parenting style? | uninvolved |
These are the consequences what parenting style? "most positive outcomes, children self-controlled and self-confident, better success in school, greater social functioning, fewer problems with the law" | Authoritative |
These are the consequences what parenting style? "children poorer self-reliance, children poorer self-esteem, may be anxious, withdrawn and unhappy. may be angry and defiant" | Authoritarian |
These are the consequences what parenting style? "children poorer school performance, greater deviance, good social competence, self-confident, greater difficulties with impulse control" | Permissive |
These are the consequences what parenting style? "children poorer school performance, greater deviance, poorer social competence, poorer self-esteem" | Uninvolved |
How can parenting style be predicted before child is born? (3 things) | - By how parents feel about themselves. - by the quality of their relationship with parents. - by parents' roles in their families of origin |
Child characteristics also influence parenting style. What reasons are there? | Parentng of identical twins is more similar than parentng of fraternal twins. Parents of diffic. kids may become mor controllng & less warm as a consequence of the challenges their kid offers, kids at genetic risk for antisoc. behav. elicit neg. parenting |
Other influences of parenting style of siblings/birth ____, peers, school, media, culture. Are parents the most importan influence? No. what does Harris argue is? | order, group socialization |