PSY 223 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Social Skills, Kickball, Hopscotch

• School: University of Maine
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 223
• Professor: Hannah Lawerence

Document Summary

Dimensions of child rearing: warmth-coldness: warm parents show affection toward child, caring, supportive, enjoy spending time with children. When child misbehaves, parent works to change behavior. When child misbehaves, complains about child behavior/blames child. More likely to use physical abuse: causes: Cultural beliefs about how to raise children. Based on how parents were raised as children. Can have negative effects disobedience, rebelliousness, limits cognitive development in children: permissive parents: I(cid:373)pose fe(cid:449) (cid:894)if a(cid:374)y(cid:895) rules, do(cid:374)"t pro(cid:448)ide as (cid:373)u(cid:272)h super(cid:448)isio(cid:374), allo(cid:449) children to experiment with their environment, allow greater freedom. Can have negative effects higher levels or aggression, may not know how to respond when rules are implemented: restrictive-permissive combination. Balance of consistent control and support/affection while also allowing child to roam freely result in higher self-esteem; better adjustment. Indulgent (warmth): highly involved but no limits poor self-control, domineering, egocentric (think harry potter; dudley)