PSYC 307 Lecture 10 Each increase in one year of age people are sleeping 0.15 year less As years of education increase Co-sleeping >Danger -majority of sudden, unexpected infant deaths- outside crib -bed sharing- 5 times higher likelihood of SIDs -thermal stress- infants don't have good heat regulation -if in contact with other body for 6-8 hours- thermal stress -adult during sleep rolls over child-pressure on chest-airway obstructed -rebreathing parental expired air- raspatory stress >Benefits -increased over time while SIDs in parental beds decreased- negative correlation -risk factor is not cause -usage of alcohol by parents beforefiin bed -more co sleeping in culture, fewer SIDs in that culture Graph -across cultures- co sleeping decreases-SIDs increase
Recommendations -no smoking, alcohol, drug around baby-can't turn their body if in raspatory distress -mattress should be stiff, bedding should be tight- so that kids don't wrap themselves in bedsheet -avoid having beds with gap in the wall -no couches Interaction between parent and child Raising Kids Baumrind 2 dimensions of parenting style: 1)responsiveness -extent to which parentes exhibit warmth, acceptance -and how responsive to needs they are 2)demandingness -how controlling they are 2
1)Authoritative -lot of warmth 2)Authoritarian -high expectation -parent not very responsive -cold rejection -little open dialogue -many rules 3)Permissive -doing whatever child wants -very few controls ff)Rejecting -not supportive -satisfying own parent goals -disengaged Western research- authoritative is best -higher autonomy, achievement, self-reliance Non-western parenting styles -does not take into account other cultures -chinese parents -underlying warmth that does not always get communicated 3