I. Parenting and Parenting Style

A. The importance of parents

 

B. Attachment

 

C. Variability in parenting beliefs and practice

 

D. Parenting Style

• Permissive

 

 

• Authoritarian

 

 

• Authoritative

 

 

 

• Research on parenting style

 

II. Discipline

A. Discipline Strategies

• Behavioral forms - Positive Reinforcement, Negative Reinforcement

 

 

• Punishment

 

 

• Power assertion

 

 

• natural consequences

 

 

 

• Love withdrawal

 

 

 

• Distraction

 

 

• Induction

 

 

B. Factors associated with disciplinary practice

• parenting beliefs

 

• family of origin

 

• social class

 

C. Factors influencing effectiveness of discipline

• punitive nature of discipline

 

• age of child

 

• use of cognitive rationale/reasoning

 

• consistency

 

III. Theoretical views of Physical Punishment

A. Psychoanalytic Theory

 

 

 

B. Learning theory

 

 

 

C.  Social-Cognitive Approaches

 

 

 

D. Systems/Context Approaches

IV. Arguments and Evidence related to physical punishment

A. What needs to be considered in the study?

 

B. Arguments for/against use of physical punishment

C. Research Evidence

V. Class Discussion

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