PSY311H5 Chapter 7: TEXTBOOK Chapter 7
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Chapter 7: family (pgs. 187-: a family is a social unit in which parents and children share economic, social, and emotional rights and respo(cid:374)si(cid:271)ilities a(cid:374)d a se(cid:374)se of (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)it(cid:373)e(cid:374)t a(cid:374)d ide(cid:374)tifi(cid:272)atio(cid:374) (cid:449)ith ea(cid:272)h other. Family members can affect each other either directly (ex. altering your interactions with your child) or indirectly (ex. altering a father"s (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iours, (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h i(cid:374) tur(cid:374) alters the (cid:272)hild"s e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)es(cid:895). The couple system: how does the couple"s relatio(cid:374)ship affect childre(cid:374), when partners offer each other emotional and physical support and comfort, the likelihood that they will provide this type of support and caring to their children is high. In contrast, parents who lash out at ea(cid:272)h other i(cid:374)fli(cid:272)t pro(cid:271)le(cid:373)s i(cid:374) their (cid:272)hildre(cid:374). Whe(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:374)fli(cid:272)t o(cid:272)(cid:272)urs (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) pare(cid:374)ts i(cid:374) a (cid:272)hild"s earl(cid:455) years, the child is unlikely to form emotionally secure attachments to the parents. Children are most likely to have problems when their parents express anger frequently, intensely, physically, and without resolution.
