PSYC 355 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Birth Order, Conduct Disorder, Coparenting

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 355
• Professor: Robert Ley

Document Summary

Reciprocal socialization and the family as a system. The concept of reciprocal socialization is that adolescents socialize parents just as parents socialize adolescents. The family system is a system of interacting individuals with different subsystems-some dyadic, some polyadic. Relationships are influenced by the maturation of the adolescent and the maturation of parents. Adolescent changes include puberty, expanded logical reasoning, increased idealistic and egocentric thought, violated expectations, changes in schooling, peers, friendship, dating and movement toward independence. Changes in parents might include decreased marital satisfaction, economic burdens, career re-evaluation, time perspective, and health/body concerns. Adults follow one developmental trajectory and children and adolescents another one. How these trajectories mesh affects timing of entry into various family tasks. Adolesce(cid:374)ts" a(cid:374)d e(cid:373)ergi(cid:374)g adults relationships with their parents. An increasing trend is to conceptualize parents as managers of adolescents lives. This involves being a parent who finds information, makes contacts, helps structure choices, and provides guidance.