PSYC 3206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Relational Aggression, Peer Pressure, Psychological Abuse
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~direct instruction: telling a child what to do, when, and why. ~ reinforcement; increases likelihood of the response that follows. ~negative reinforcement trap: unwittingly reinforcing a behavior that a parent is trying to diminish. ~punishment: a consequence that decreases the future likelihood of the behavior it follows. ~ con ict: how parents handle con ict matters maltreatment. ~includes physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, and or psychological abuse. 750,000 children in the us are maltreated each year. ~risk factors include cultural approval of physical punishment, ineffective parenting, and dif cult child behavior divorce. ~judith wallenstein: divorce leads to long term consequences for the children that affect their own relationships in adulthood. these children lack role models for healthy marriages. ~ e. marvis hetherington: most children will turn out okay. more children of divorce have long term emotional problems compared to intact families but the difference is not a huge one.
