African Americans are more likely to use physical punishment as a means to correct their children; however, this is also accompanied with ____ so that the children understand that the intent is to teach them right from wrong
a. a high degree of warmth
b. a high degree of shame
c. a low degree of acceptance
d. a low degree of empathy
A. African-American families are more likely to use corporal punishment; however, this is accompanied by high responsiveness (warmth). African Americans tend to combine physical punishment with parental warmth, so that children understand their parents' behavior not as a frightening and threatening loss of parental control but as a practice intended to teach them right from wrong and the importance of obeying their parents.
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