PSY311H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Social Rejection, Egotism, Longitudinal Study
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Parents and children train each other via mutually coercive behaviour. Parent stops a child from taking candy. Parents give in to the children"s complaints. Children have learned that coercive (aggressive) behaviour controls parents. Parents have learned that child compliance requires firmer and firmer control. If the older sibling is already aggressive, coercive exchanges increase the likelihood younger siblings will also become aggressive. Sibling conflict and rejection by parents fosters the development of. Low warmth, low demanding can lead to lack of knowledge conduct problems of rules. Parents shape their children"s aggressive development through their management of the children"s activities. Are they going to correct or shape what their children are doing. Children are more likely to develop aggressive patterns of behaviour if their parents are unaware of their activities and make no effort to prevent negative experiences. Good social skills, low depression, low anxiety, high satisfaction with life, clear and certain views of the self, approach situations expecting to succeed.
