Developmental Psychology
Alright guys, so today I'm going to be writing about Developmental Psychology. Instead of just explaining every little detail of my learning I am going to answer some questions based off my readings assigned to me. Before jumping in I just want to explain that these questions have come from articles over Developmental Psychology. According to Dictionary.com Developmental Psychology is "the branch of psychology that studies psychological growth among individuals. It deals with psychological responses and changes that characterizes the different stages of life from infancy, adolescence to old age."
1. Reflect on the way you were raised. Consider the parenting behaviors (e.g., rules, discipline strategies, warmth, and support) used in your household when you were a child. Why do you think your parents behaved this way? How do these factors fit with the influences on parenting described here? Provide specific examples of multiple influences on parenting.
Alright, so the way I was raised was actually pretty amazing. My parents were always supportive and loving towards me no matter what was going on. They gave me the opportunity to make my own decisions and to take my own route even if they knew it was the wrong one. They let me learn the difference between right and wrong and taught me how take responsibility for my mistakes. When it came to discipline, at least for me, they weren't really into spankings or any punishments of that sort. As a child with ADD, I personally responded the best to active punishments such as mowing the lawn or cleaning cleaning the house. Being stripped of my possessions was also extremely effective. My parents were very agreeable and had low anxiety allowing them to be very supportive and comforting of me. I feel my parents behaved this way with me due to how they were raised on top of what they had already experienced through raising my older sister. Specifically, I feel some factors that affected the ways I was raised include my gender, my birth order and my personality. Being the only boy in the family, I was given more leniency than my sister because of the fact that I can protect myself better in certain situations than she can. Also, after already having one kid, they had already learned what worked with punishing and rewarding and what didn't based on our personalities.
3. What type of parent do you envision yourself becoming? If you are a parent, how do you parent your child/children? How do you think this is similar to or different than the way you were raised? What influences exist in your life that will make you parent differently from your own parents?
I envision myself being much like my parents when it comes to to how I will raise my children. I felt that they gave me the privacy I deserved, the guidance I needed and the opportunity to make my own decisions. I want my children to be safe and know they are loved but I also want to give them the chance to fail and succeed on their own. I want them to know that they are trusted and that they always have a home no matter how bad they mess up. I will do my best to follow in my parents foot-steps with a few slight changes along the way that will benefit each individual child positively.
1. What kind of relationship did you have with your parents or primary caregivers when you were young? Do you think that had any bearing on the way you related to others (e.g., friends, relationship partners) as you grew older?
My relationship with my parents was a very enjoyable one. My parents loved and cared for me and would do anything to show this to me. They had trust in me as I had trust in them. Knowing they always had my best interest in mind, I could follow their advice freely but was still able to make my own decisions. I believe my relationship with my parents had everything to do with my relationships with others. I feel like because of my relationship with them I have learned to be trusting of others and to treat them in the most loving and caring way possible.
4. Some people, despite reporting insecure relationships with their parents, report secure, well-functioning relationships with their spouses. What kinds of experiences do you think might enable someone to develop a secure relationship with their partners despite having an insecure relationship with other central figures in their lives?
The experience of the realization of knowing that their relationships with other central figures may not have been the greatest therefore a conscious decision being made to improve their relations with the spouses or children.
Sources-http://nobaproject.com/modules/attachment-through-the-life-course#content
http://nobaproject.com/modules/the-developing-parent
"The Developing Parent"
1. Reflect on the way you were raised. Consider the parenting behaviors (e.g., rules, discipline strategies, warmth, and support) used in your household when you were a child. Why do you think your parents behaved this way? How do these factors fit with the influences on parenting described here? Provide specific examples of multiple influences on parenting.
Alright, so the way I was raised was actually pretty amazing. My parents were always supportive and loving towards me no matter what was going on. They gave me the opportunity to make my own decisions and to take my own route even if they knew it was the wrong one. They let me learn the difference between right and wrong and taught me how take responsibility for my mistakes. When it came to discipline, at least for me, they weren't really into spankings or any punishments of that sort. As a child with ADD, I personally responded the best to active punishments such as mowing the lawn or cleaning cleaning the house. Being stripped of my possessions was also extremely effective. My parents were very agreeable and had low anxiety allowing them to be very supportive and comforting of me. I feel my parents behaved this way with me due to how they were raised on top of what they had already experienced through raising my older sister. Specifically, I feel some factors that affected the ways I was raised include my gender, my birth order and my personality. Being the only boy in the family, I was given more leniency than my sister because of the fact that I can protect myself better in certain situations than she can. Also, after already having one kid, they had already learned what worked with punishing and rewarding and what didn't based on our personalities.
3. What type of parent do you envision yourself becoming? If you are a parent, how do you parent your child/children? How do you think this is similar to or different than the way you were raised? What influences exist in your life that will make you parent differently from your own parents?
I envision myself being much like my parents when it comes to to how I will raise my children. I felt that they gave me the privacy I deserved, the guidance I needed and the opportunity to make my own decisions. I want my children to be safe and know they are loved but I also want to give them the chance to fail and succeed on their own. I want them to know that they are trusted and that they always have a home no matter how bad they mess up. I will do my best to follow in my parents foot-steps with a few slight changes along the way that will benefit each individual child positively.
" Attachment through the Life Course "
1. What kind of relationship did you have with your parents or primary caregivers when you were young? Do you think that had any bearing on the way you related to others (e.g., friends, relationship partners) as you grew older?
My relationship with my parents was a very enjoyable one. My parents loved and cared for me and would do anything to show this to me. They had trust in me as I had trust in them. Knowing they always had my best interest in mind, I could follow their advice freely but was still able to make my own decisions. I believe my relationship with my parents had everything to do with my relationships with others. I feel like because of my relationship with them I have learned to be trusting of others and to treat them in the most loving and caring way possible.
4. Some people, despite reporting insecure relationships with their parents, report secure, well-functioning relationships with their spouses. What kinds of experiences do you think might enable someone to develop a secure relationship with their partners despite having an insecure relationship with other central figures in their lives?
The experience of the realization of knowing that their relationships with other central figures may not have been the greatest therefore a conscious decision being made to improve their relations with the spouses or children.
Sources-http://nobaproject.com/modules/attachment-through-the-life-course#content
http://nobaproject.com/modules/the-developing-parent
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