PSYC39H3 Lecture 3: Lecture 3
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Parental styles: behaviour depends a lot on the environment. )n some situations personal traits wouldn"t matter ex: tiger in a room. Parental & family risk factors: parental monitoring. Parents" awareness of their child"s peer associates, free-time activities, and physical whereabouts when outside the home. Monitored youths are less likely to participate in drug and alcohol use or engage in delinquent behavior. Adolescents with high rates of delinquency are also more likely to have siblings with high rates of delinquency. Deficiencies in caregiving: lack of empathy ( sympathy = i feel bad for a person in a bad situation, but. Affective empathy is can i identify myself with the situation that the another person is in) Cognitive not much feeling, just intellectual sense this person is hungry, can i appreciate it at the intellectual level. Evidence for lack of empathy: cognitive and language deficits. Interferes with socialization & ability to get along with others. any change in behavior.
