AP PSYCHOLOGY

DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Permissive parenting is
A
parents are both demanding and responsive
B
parents submit to their children’s desires, make few demands, and use little punishment
C
parents impose rules and expect obedience
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Parents submit to their children’s desires. They make few demands and use little punishment. Children with permissive parents tend to be more aggressive and more immature. Parents are both demanding and responsive.

Detailed explanation-2: -This parenting style involves: Being nurturing and warm, but reluctant to impose limits. Rejecting the notion of keeping their kids under control. Similar to the authoritative style, they are emotionally supportive and responsive to their children. Permissive parents are not demanding.

Detailed explanation-3: -Studies show that children of permissive parents tend to have lower academic achievement. Permissive parents do not control or regulate their children’s behavior. So their children are less aware of the limits of acceptable behavior. They also exhibit worse impulse control and have more behavioral problems.

Detailed explanation-4: -Which statement about permissive parents is true? They allow children to make their own decisions when they are not yet capable of doing so.

Detailed explanation-5: -The textbook definition of the permissive parenting style Permissive parenting, sometimes called “indulgent parenting, ” is a style of child-rearing that features two key traits: being nurturing and warm (which is good for kids), and. being reluctant to impose limits (which is problematic).

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