PSY E112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Mary Ainsworth, Diana Baumrind, Psy
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Models people whom we observe and learn to behave from. Amount of influence on dev. varies between models. Social hypothesis through dev. brains have become so large and metabolically demanding to meet cognitive demands of social living. Reason for evolutionary growth of brain is to provide an advantage to social. Martin hoffman interested in how type of discipline children experiences effects creatures over others of their species empathy and moral decision making. Young children lean appropriate and inappropriate behaviour through caregiver. Most effective way to promote good behaviour: positive reinforcement. Inductive discipline: involves highlighting consequences of one"s actions on others while disciplining them. Encourage dev. of empathy (& guilt) and increase pro-social behaviour in children. Can interact through parental demandingness (expectations of child) and parental responsiveness (support) Authoritative: unlikely to phys. discipline, give reason behind rules; have firm rules but allow children freedom within boundaries. Children socially competent and self-confident; best overall outcomes.
