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SUMMARY:Restrictive Parenting and the Unintended Consequences of Moral Pro
 hibitions - Dr. Sana Sheikh\, University of St. Andrews
DTSTART:20111111T130000Z
DTEND:20111111T140000Z
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CONTACT:Carissa Sharp
DESCRIPTION:Explanations based in attribution theory claim that strong ext
 ernal controls such as parental restrictiveness and punishment undermine m
 oral internalization.  In contrast\, I will present studies providing evid
 ence that parental punishment does socialize morality\, but of a particula
 r sort:  a morality focused on prohibitions rather than positive obligatio
 ns.  Study 1 finds young adults’ accounts of parental restrictiveness an
 d punishment activates their sensitivity to prohibitions—what Janoff-Bul
 man\, Sheikh\, & Hepp (2009) call a proscriptive orientation. Following th
 eory on motivation and mental suppression\, a proscriptive orientation has
  ironic effects: Studies 2 and 3 find that situational activation of a pro
 scriptive orientation renders mental suppression of “prohibited” tempt
 ations more difficult and more ego-depleting\, but only for those with res
 trictive parents.  In contrast to common attributional explanations\, thes
 e studies suggest that harsh external control by parents does not undercut
  moral socialization\, but rather undermines individuals’ ability to res
 ist temptation.
LOCATION:PPSIS Seminar Room (Free School Lane)
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