Exam #3 Flashcards
(62 cards)
What are the 3 universal parenting goals?
Ensuring physical health and survival, developing behavioral capacities for economic maintenance, and instilling behavioral capacities for maximizing cultural values
What is transnational parenting?
A family divided by two nations
How do American parents emphasize values of independence?
Lower-income parents tend to emphasize conformity and related traits and high-income parents tend to emphasize curiosity and creativity
What is Socialization?
refers to the lifelong process through which we acquire cultural values and skills
What is the hidden curriculum?
Schools also provide important lessons more covertly such as the value of competition through spelling bees and games at recess
What is the “looking-glass self”?
a process in which we come to see ourselves as others perceive and respond to us
How does social class shape socialization?
Social class affects how much money parents have to spend on their children as well as the values, norms, and expectations that parents have for their children
What is an “authoritative” parenting style?
parents are demanding and maintain high levels of control over their children, but also warm and receptive to their children
What is a “permissive” parenting style?
parents are nurturing, caring, and responsive to their children, communicate well, however, are quite lenient
What is an “authoritarian” parenting style?
parents are strict, punitive, less communicative, and offer less warmth and support
What is “mothering” as an identity?
mothering takes place within specific contexts and is framed by sex, race, ethnicity, and class
_______ are more involved with their children than are _______.
Mothers, fathers
What is a “family allowance”?
a benefit given to families with children by the government
What was a woman’s position like in society during the 19th century?
poor or minority women had to work, whereas White middle-class women did not
What were the 1836 and 1892 laws that impacted child labor?
1836 : required children under 15 working in factories to attend school at least three months per year
1892 : Democratic Party platform proposed a ban on factory employment for children under 15
The widespread use of personal _________ and ___________ has changed the way we do business and the way we conduct our personal lives.
computers, smartphones
Many jobs are being outsourced to other countries, especially _____, _________, and _____ as companies search for cheaper labor costs and fewer governmental regulations.
India, Indonesia, China
Coupled with _________ and _____________, today’s families are just now starting to pull out of a severe economic _________.
technology, globalization, recession
____ unemployment tends to _____ marriage rates.
High, lower
There is a significant relationship between non-standard work schedules and _______ child developmental outcomes, such as _____ cognitive development, behavioral ________, __________, and child _______.
adverse, lower, problems, depression, obesity
_____ spend about twice as much time on household chores than do ___.
Women, men
_____ are more likely to be responsible for changing the baby’s diaper, which must be changed ___, or for fixing dinner, which must be prepared in the next ____, whereas ___ are more likely to do the yard work, which could be done any time this ____.
Women, now, hour, men, week
The Time Availability Perspective
the partner with the most time available will spend more time on housework
Relative Resources Perspective
the greater the relative amount contributed by a partner, the greater is his or her power within the relationship
