PSY 2114 Chapter 6: Interacting and the Work of Play

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 2114
• Professor: Gustavo Gottret

Document Summary

Interacting and the work of play: socioemotional development in early. Wamth and responsiveness: involved, response to emotinal needs, spend time with them. Control exerted: maintaing adequet control while still allowing children freedom to make some decisions for themselves. Children tend to thrive best when parents are in high warmth and intermediate in control. Combined dimentions of warmth and control gives four parenting styles: authoritarian parenting and. High levels of control, low levels of warmth towards children. Lay down rules expect them to be followed without discussion. Needs or wishes of children are not considered: authoritative parenting: Parents provide balance of warmth and structure and are responsive to their children. Communicate actively; explain rules and encourage discission: indulgent-permissive parenting. Parents are warm and caring but exert little control over children. Provide little structure, and do not guide their learning: indifferent-uninvolved parenting: Parents neither warm nor controlling, minimize amount of time spent with child.