PSY 399 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Positive Behavior Support, Psychological Abuse, Psychopathology
18 Apr 2018
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86% of all women under 45 years old. 84% of all men less than 45 years old. Greater variation within cultural groups than outside. Parents, especially fathers, evaluate themselves as happier than. Parents rate time with child more rewarding than almost all nonparents other activities. Mesocorticolimbic dopamine involved in reward-learning responds even more strongly in mammalian maternal caregiving contexts. 77. 8% of female parents and 72. 6% of male parents rate their offsprings as their greatest accomplishments . Middle income families spend on average ,000 on each child between 0 to 18. New parenthood generates depression in men and women and erodes some domains of cognition. Parents often judge own parenting more positively than do their children. Parents report more diminished marital satisfaction compared to nonparents. Relationships continuously decline, bottoming out at teenage years of their children, and then increases and sometimes surpasses initial level of happiness. Mother"s childcare estimated at ,523 in 2018 vs. father"s contribution valued at ,344.
