Ch 5 & 6 Flashcards
(53 cards)
Feral children
Raised in relative isolation
5 most critical skills for feral child to catch up to her peers?
Hygiene Speaking Ability to eat Social norms Motor skills
What must happen before those skills are learned?
Must learn trust & love before anything else
Critical period of language development?
Stops after age 7/8. Why genie stopped progressing.
Level of confinement for Anna, Isabelle, and genie?
Anna- attic room only minimum care
Isabelle- dark room with dead mother, had contact comfort! Cuddling
Genie- small bedroom, silent, beaten if noise, bare w/ potty chair & crib
Age of eventual development for Anna, Isabelle, and genie
Anna- Over time age 6 and developed until 10, then died
Isabelle- 8 years old (2 yrs training)
Genie- after 8 yrs training, not progressed past 3rd grade level
Socialization
Process of learning the basic skills, values, beliefs, and behavior patterns of a society
Rites of passage
Examples
An event signifying passage from 1 stage of life to another Bar mitzvah, quincineta Sweet sixteen Graduation First day of college Marriage Having a little kid Retirement
Agents of socialization
What are the 4?
People, groups, & institutions that help us become fully functioning members of society
1) family
2) peers
3) school
4) mass media
Explain the 4 agents of socialization
1) family- most important “genie” shows dangers for family absent
2) peers (especially as teen)
3) school (anticipatory socialization)
4) mass media- tv, radio/music, the net, & social median, magazines/books
What’s anticipatory socialization
Ex?
Preparing for role going to play later in life
Ex being on time
Instructive school book carrying theory?
Females - took care of baby
Males - hunted (spears)
Why do females talk more than males? Numbers?
F 7,000 words
M 2,000 words per day
Females talked bc took care of baby
Males learned how not to speak (hunting saber tooth tiger)
Sex roles? M & F?
Male- change flat tire Change oil in a car Name winners of last 3 World Series Understand football game signals Hang wallpaper
Female- change diaper
- iron shirt
- prepare dinner for 4
- do own laundry -mend a torn seam
Most common juvenile delinquency time?
Monday-Friday
3-6:00
Benefits of TV
Memory Education Learn about diverse cultures Entertainment Gives family bonding opportunities
Harmful effects tv has on children
Bad for health- inactivity False information Wastes time Violent repercussions Makes ppl more materialistic (All relate to video games also)
Parenting tips provided when monitoring child’s viewing habits?
Set limits (2 hrs per day) Watch tv with child Explain why certain shows are bad Keep TV public But a timer
4 principal factors that most contemporary social scientists see as INFLUENCING PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT & SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
1) heredity
2) birth order
3) parents
4) cultural environment
Heredity
- Transmission of genetic characteristics from parent to child Ex: eye color, aptitude
- aptitude can be learned &/or inherited
- inherit certain basic needs & capacities
- sets limits on individuals
Birth order
Whether we have siblings or not & the order we were born in affects our perspective/personality
Parents
Age of parents affect child development bc they relate differently
Parents education, occupational back ground, religious orientation, economic status, & cultural heritage
Cultural environment
Determined basic types of personalities found in society
Each provokes series of personality traits that are typical of members of that society
How we experience our culture (boy or girl growing up)
Su cultural differences influence personality & region of growing up
What effect does lack of close human contact have on institutionalized children?
Causes them to develop learning delays and problems forming attachments to others. In Rene Spitz study, 1/3 of children even died from lack of human contact. Children who lack a caring environment in general develop their mental, physical, and emotional skills at a much slower pace.
