What is control theory, and how does it relate to parenting strategies?

What will be an ideal response?

Control theory holds that children's behavior can influence the intensity of a parent's response. Thus, when a child pushes his or her behavior to the limits, parents respond with more forceful and firmer techniques.

Psychology

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A neurotic need to be admired and to exploit that admiration represents, according to Horney, which of the following solutions to anxiety?

a) Self-assertion b) Self-expansion c) Self-effacement d) Resignation

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Typically, a person's first reaction to a natural disaster is ______

a. anger b. confusion d. despair c. shock

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