Psychology 2040A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Behavior Management, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Reinforcement

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2040A/B
• Professor: Matthew Brown

Document Summary

Demographic changes: only 70% of children <18 lived with two parents in 2009, 26% of child live with one parent due to high divorce rates, over 70% of married women with children <18 work outside the home. Systems theory: model for understanding the family that emphasizes the reciprocal interactions among various members: reciprocal influences among family members occur at 3 levels. Individual/micro level parent and child influence each other directly: family environment relationships with spouses can affect interactions with children. Larger social context economic, political, legal, or educational forces can affect parent- child relations. Systems theory assumes that families undergo periods of stability and change: family adapts to maintain homeostasis/equilibrium, regards families as dynamic, self-regulating social groups. The social ecology direct or indirect impact of broad sociocultural factors on the child"s social, cognitive, and emotional growth of child development is critical. Nurturance i g n d n a m e.