Child Development Ch 12 Study Guide

Alex is the child of two lesbian mothers, Sarah and Jane. What might we predict about Alex's outcome relative to kids with heterosexual parents?

No significant difference. Alex's romantic involvements and sexual behavior will be the same as those of children of heterosexual parents.

Judy's dad is often cold and unresponsive to her needs. He is very controlling and demanding. Which term BEST describes his parenting style?

Authoritarian

Overall, what does research suggests about the attachment of children in childcare, relative to children NOT in child care?

No major difference

What description illustrates a permissive parent?

Low in control, high in responsiveness

In what way do parents tend to actually treat their boys and girls differently? (This information is from the Lytton and Romney 1991 meta-analysis of the literature.)

Parents tend to treat boys and girls differently by being more controlling with boys and more nurturing with girls

Which parent will tend to spend a great PERCENTAGE of the time they have with their children engaged in play? (Note: This is not a question about who spends a greater percentage of time with children. But if they ARE spending time with children, which is more likely to be engaged in play?)

Fathers

What seems to be determine the parenting style you would observe between a parent and child?

The combination of parental warmth (responsiveness) and control (demandingness).

In her studies of preschool children and their parents, Baumrind found which of the following to be true of children of permissive parents (that is, compared to children raised by authoritative or authoritarian parents)?

Children of permissive parents tend to be impulsive, irresponsible, and lacking in self-control