PSY 220 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Active Child, Parenting Styles, Risky Sexual Behavior

• School: Stony Brook University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 220
• Professor: Nicholas Ullrich

Document Summary

Strongest influence on parents" parenting styles: characteristics of their children. Individual differences contribute to the parenting they receive, which contributes to differences among children in their behavior and personalities: consistent with active child: children actively shape parenting process through their behavior and expressions of temperament. Parents become frustrated negative behaviors may escalate (i. e. yelling, spanking) more negative behavior evoked from children: by adolescence: patterns are more influenced by child than parent. Example: parents" use of spanking at age 1 predicts greater child aggression at age. 3, which predicts more parental spanking at age 5. Factors influencing how children behave w/ their parents: genetic factors related to temperament, differential susceptibility: some children may be more reactive to parenting quality they receive, children w/ anxious temperaments: Tend to become fearful and immobilized in response to harsh and demanding parenting. Eager to please, thus respond well to warm and responsive parents.