PSYC 351 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Coparenting

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 351
• Professor: Tom Hollenstein

Document Summary

Each contribute to the functioning of the whole: traditional nuclear family: a family unit consisting of a wide/mother, a husband/father, and their dependent child(ren, direct effect: instances in which any pair of family members affects and is affected by each other"s behaviour (ie. mother/child, indirect, or third party, effect: instances in which the relationship between two individuals in a family is modified by the behaviour or attitudes of a third family member (ie. fathers influence mom/child relationship, co parenting: circumstance in which parents mutually support each other and function as a cooperative parenting team. Families are embedded systems: families are embedded within larger cultural and subcultural contexts, and the ecological niche of the family (religion, socioeconomic status, values of a culture or neighbourhood) can affect family interactions and the development of a family"s children, overall: family influenced by each other, others relationships in the family, and broader social contexts.