Diana baumrind biography behavior chart

Diana Baumrind is a developmental psychologist who is perhaps best-known for her research on parenting styles and her writings on ethics in psychological research.

Through her work, she identified three primary styles of parenting.

Two critical factors that she looked at during her research included how responsive parents were to their children and the demands that they placed upon their children. Authoritarian parents were described as have high demands, but low responsiveness.

Authoritative parents, on the other hand, had high demands and expectations of their children, but were also highly responsive. Finally, permissive parents were described as being low on both demandingness and responsiveness.

Learn more about her life, her theories, and her influence on psychology and our understanding of parenting styles.

Diana Baumrind Is Best Known For:

• Parenting styles
• Developmental psychology
• Critique of the use of deception in research

Early Life

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