CHAD 168 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Attention Span, Parenting Styles

• School: SJSU
• Department: Child and Adolescent Development, Department of
• Course: CHAD 168
• Professor: Kristine Connell

Document Summary

Temperament: a person"s characteristic emotional and behavioral responses to environmental events, temperament is perceived to be a stable characteristic of newborns, which can be shaped and modified with experience. Dimensions of temperament according to thomas and chess (1968: activity level, approach-withdrawal, adaptability, quality of mood, attention span and persistence, distractibility, rhythmicity, sensitivity. Infant behavior questionnaire (ibq) for 3 12 months. Consequences of temperament: shy children )low levels of extraversion/surgency more likely lead to internalizing problems-fear, sadness, anxiety, poor effortful control more likely to have externalizing problems- disruptive,aggressice and hyperactive. Temperament and parenting: goodness of fit - refers to the match between a child"s temperament and the environmental demands the child must cope with. For example : high activity level give time to be active, low adaptability warn them of changes in advance and slowly introduce to new activities, easy going make sure they still get attention.