#7 My Frame

Vasquez, Ariana & Patall, Erika & Fong, Carlton & Corrigan, Andrew & Pine, Lisa. (2015). 

Parent Autonomy Support, Academic Achievement, and Psychosocial Functioning: A 

Meta-analysis of Research. Educational Psychology Review. 28.10.1007/s10648-015-9329-

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Key terms from this source:

• Self-determination theory: the idea that there are three universal psychological needs that underlie human motivation and achievement: autonomy, competence, and relatedness. 
• Autonomy: when one feels like their actions are their own 
• Competence: a ready approach to a task or new environment 
• Relatedness: the need to be attached to a community, group or family

Last week, I used the literature review to think more about what success is. Instead of using autonomy as what success is: I am going to use self-determination theory. Arguably, tiger parenting affects all three psychological needs that affect human motivation and achievement. I explored this frame in my second rough draft about how tiger parents make one feel like one's actions are not their own and that tiger parenting often uses shaming (another important term) to make sure their children feel incompetent and doubt themselves when approaching a problem. Finally, I also explored the idea that tiger cubs tend to not feel connected to their families and tend to have less sense of family obligation than those who were raised by supportive parents.

Kim, S., Wang, Y., Orozco-Lapray, D., Shen, Y., & Murtuza, M. (2013). Does “tiger parenting” 

exist? Parenting profiles of Chinese Americans and adolescent developmental outcomes. 

Asian American Journal of Psychology, 4(1), 7-18. doi:10.1037/

Key terms from this source:

• Supportive Parenting: a parenting style similar to the classic authoritative parenting style with warmth and positive control
• Shaming: a culturally specific part of Asian parenting where parents pressure their children for internalizing feelings of shame for not conforming to what is considered normal or meeting expectations
• Incremental View of Intelligence: the belief that academic success is because of effort rather than innate skill

I think all of these key terms work with the self-determination theory well because we can use supportive parenting as a term to help contrast a lack of sense of family obligation which has to do with Relatedness. In addition, as I explained before, I can use Shaming as a way to explain how tiger cubs feel incompetent and struggle with feelings of worthlessness. Finally, the idea of the incremental view of intelligence is useful to me because it's an easy way for me to explain why tiger cubs are more likely to get into top universities--not because of the parenting style but because of this principle that all tiger parent teach their children.