PSY 3123 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Sibling Abuse, Child Abuse, Psychological Abuse

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3123
• Professor: Mary Theresa Howard

Document Summary

Prevention of cruelty and better protection of children: child employment rather than abuse by parents. 1960s battered child syndrome: look at abuse more seriously and mandatory reporting laws being cast. Child abuse: assumes there"s appropriate behaviour for parents. Vary among subcultures, what"s seen as abusive in one group may be seen different in another. Corporal punishment: you"re using force toward child - cause them to feel pain but not injury and purpose is to correct behaviour. Every school teacher standing in place of parent is okay to use force if it doesn"t exceed what"s reasonable (vague) to discipline. Laws that use to protect kids, mostly under 17. Changes can result from different factors and changes in overtime in public awareness of the problem and affect reported rates. Emotional abuse is harder to tell and less reported - only extreme cases get reported. Children may not be aware that they"re being abused. Caregiver"s explanation for injury may seem plausible (they fell)