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Types of Parenting
LSD - Environmental Factors
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Psychology
Graduate
05/29/2011

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Child Rearing Styles
Definition
combination of parenting behaviors over a wide range of situations, creating a child rearing climate
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Diana Baumrind
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Her parenting styles were based on two aspects of parenting that are found to be extremely important. The first was "Parental responsiveness", which refers to the degree the parent responds to the child's needs. The second was "Parental demandingness" which is the extent to which the parent expects more mature and responsible behavior from a child: authoritarian, authoritative, permissive
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Authoritative parenting style
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this parenting style is characterized by high acceptance and involvment, adaptive control techniques, appropriate autonomy granting
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Authoritative
Definition
this parenting style consists of reasonable demands, consistency enforeced with sensitivity and accept child
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Authoritative
Definition
most successful parenting approach and is warm, attentive, sensitive, enjoyable, emotionally sensitive, yet firm and insists on mature behavior and gives reasons for control
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what has Authoritative parenting sytles been linked to as fara as aspects of competence
Definition
linked to upbeat mood, self control, task persistence, cooperativenes, high self esteem, social and moral maturity and good school performance
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what type of parenting style is characterized by low acceptance and involvement, high in coercive control, and low in autonomy granting
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Authoritarian
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Parenting style characterized by many rules and demands, few explanations, and little sensitivity to child need and perceptions
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Authoritarian
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what type of parenting style is characterized by being cold and rejecting, degrading, and in order to get control the parent will yell, command, criticize
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Authoritarian
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what parenting style is characterized by force and punishment for disobeying
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Authoritarian
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Authoritarian parenting style has been linked to what?
Definition
children are anxious, unhappy and hostile when frustrated with peers
Boys have higher reates of anger and defiance and girls are dependent, lack exploration, and overwhelmed by challenging tasks
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Permissive parenting style
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warm and accepting but not involved,allow children to make decisions at too young of an age
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what parenting style is characterized by few rules and demands, childredn are allowed freedom by indulgent parents
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Permissive
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what parenting style is linked with having children who are impulsive, disobedient, rebellious, demanding dependent on adults, and less persistent on tasks
Definition
Permissive
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Uninvolved/Neglectful
Definition
low acceptance & involvement, little control & general indifference to autonomy granting
-Few rules & demands, parents are uninvolved & insensitive to child needs
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what parenting style is characterized by parents who are emotionally detached, depressed, & overwhelmed by life stress
-Extreme form is neglect
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Permissive
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what parenting style is associated with disruption in all aspects of development incluidng attachment,cognition, emotional, and social skills, worst outcomes
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Uninvolved/neglectful
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why is authoritative parenting the most effective?
Definition
children have to be cooperative, obedient, child temperament contributes to ease of applying style
-long term this style reduces child negative behavior
-creates emotional context for positive parental influence
-parents are models of caring, confidents, self-controlled behavior
-control seems fair & reasonable to child = internalization & compliance
-allows children to take responsibility for own behavior
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True or False. Parenting styles vary greatly per ethnic group
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True.
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True or False. Child rearing practices and results apply to MOST ethnic and SES groups
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TRUE
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see study guide for graph on Acceptance- responsiveness & Demandingness-Control
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What does acceptance-responsiveness refer to?
Definition
warm responsive parenting is associated with secure attachments and lack of acceptance and affection can cause depresson and other psychological problems
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what does demandingness-control refer to?
Definition
control of decisions relying in parents vs the child
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