autonomy

Examples of autonomy in the following topics:

• Adolescence

  • Adolescents strive for autonomy.
  • According to McElhaney et al., there are three ways in which autonomy can be described:
  • Emotional autonomy is the development of more adult-like close relationship with adults and peers
  • Behavioral autonomy, is the ability to make independent decisions and follow through with them
  • Cognitive autonomy is characterized as the manifestation of an independent set of beliefs, values and opinions

• The Upper Middle Class

  • The U.S. upper-middle class consists mostly of white-collar professionals who have a high degree of autonomy in their work.
  • In addition to autonomy in their work, above-average incomes, and advanced educations, the upper middle class also tends to be powerful; members are influential in setting trends and shaping public opinion.

• Authority Patterns

  • Parents are more aware of a child's feelings and capabilities and support the development of a child's autonomy within reasonable limits.
  • In these family settings a child's freedom and their autonomy are valued and parents tend to rely mostly on reasoning and explanation.

• Child Rearing

  • These parents are more aware of a child's feelings and capabilities, and support the development of a child's autonomy within reasonable limits.
  • With Permissive or Indulgent parenting, a child's freedom and autonomy are valued above all.  

• Preindustrial Cities

  • Similar phenomena existed elsewhere, as in the case of Sakai, which enjoyed a considerable autonomy in late medieval Japan.

• Control Theory

  • The theory's biggest weakness is that it places too much importance on the bonds relative to an individual and society, without looking at other concepts like autonomy and impulsiveness.

• Parenthood

  • Parents are more aware of a child's feelings and capabilities, and they support the development of a child's autonomy within reasonable limits.
  • In these family settings, a child's freedom and autonomy are valued and parents tend to rely mostly on reasoning and explanation.

• Misleading Research Subjects

  • This approach respects the autonomy of individuals because subjects consent to the deception.

• The Family Life Cycle

  • How parents raise children and childhood autonomy have also changed over time.
  • Analyzing back issues of Parents magazine, Markella Rutherford found that parents face a difficult task of trying to balance authority with childhood autonomy.
  • Children have gained more autonomy in private spaces in their homes (e.g., they are allowed to decorate their own rooms) but have lost autonomy in public areas outside the home (e.g., they are not allowed to go to the park alone).
  • Some of the loss of autonomy is the result of a growing fear among parents of child predators, which is generally over-stated.
  • This same factor may help explain the increase in autonomy in the home, as parents are trying to compensate for heightened supervision outside the home by allowing children greater freedom inside the home.

• Women as a Minority

  • Issues commonly associated with notions of women's rights include, though are not limited to, the rights to: bodily integrity and autonomy; vote (suffrage); hold public office; work; fair wages or equal pay; own property; be educated; serve in the military or be conscripted; enter into legal contracts; and to have marital, parental, and religious rights.