Childhood Flashcards
(11 cards)
what is childhood
often seen as a biologically based stage of life.
-biologically and mentally immature
-occupy a distinctive place in society
sociologist views on childhood
childhood is a stage to adulthood, adulthood needs to be attained.
-children are often seen as incomplete where as adults are fully grown up.
what does proto individual mean
unfinished individual
what did Paiget say about childhood in society
says that all societies go through fixed stages of development at the same time.
childhood across culture
-1/7 of children across the world work
-in a number of countries girls are forbidden from partaking in education
what did Wagg say about childhood across culture
-There is no single universal childhood, childhood isnt natural so should be distinguished from mere biological immaturity.
what did Samantha Punch find out
studys in Bolivia and found out that children above 5 are expected to take part in working responsibilities
what did Lowell Holmes find out
in a Samoan village the excuse of ‘to young’ didn’t exist and being to young wasn’t a valid excuse
what did Benidict find out
many children in countries which are not industrialised there is no dividing line between an adult and a child
THEREFORE childhood is socially constructed
what did Diana Gittens say
childhood is controlled by adults mainly men- AGE PATRIACHY
Jackson and Scott (2006)
childhood is shaped by your class, gender, disability, ethnicity. Universal generalisations are wrong.
