During early childhood, children use their perceptual, motor, cognitive, and language skills to
make things happen. Erikson referred to this as_____________ ; failure to do so may result in
experiencing_________________ ✔✔Initiative & Guilt
Evolutionary view ✔✔biological dispositions, males and females involved in a way that benefitted
them.
Males who have more sex partners have increased chance of having more offspring. Males evolved
to
be violent, competitive and risk takers. Females focused on having a mate that could provide for
their
offspring.
Social role theory ✔✔a theory that gender differences result from he contrasting roles of men and
women
Psychoanalytic theory ✔✔children first identify with opposite sex parent, and then same sex parent
Social cognitive theory ✔✔children's gender development occurs through observation and
imitation of
other people, and through being rewarded/punished for gender appropriate/inappropriate behavior.
, Authoritative Parenting ✔✔Encourages independence but within limits, warm and nurturing,
respect for
child's own decisions.
Authoritarian Parenting ✔✔Parents are demanding, expect obedience, are not responsive to
children's
own desires, communicate poorly with children
Indulgent Parenting ✔✔Parents are low on control, have few rules and avoid controlling their
children.
Children never learn to control their own behavior and they get whatever they want.
Neglectful Parenting ✔✔Parent is uninvolved in child's life, feel that their own life is more
important.
Children tent to be socially incompetent, truant and delinquent.
Physical abuse ✔✔the infliction of physical injury
Child neglect ✔✔failure to provide for basic needs.
Most common maltreatment.