Ch 5 & 6 Flashcards
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.
What ways are total institutions different from other agents of socialization?
Setting where ppl are isolated from the rest of society for a set period of time and are subject to tight control. This differs from the process found in most other settings. Individual is denied freedoms of outside world & must resocialize, where personality and social behavior is weakened so they can confirm to new patterns of behavior
Ex. Prison, psychiatric hospital
5 characteristics of adolescence
Biological growth & development Undefined status Increased decision making Increase in pressure Search for self
What category does anticipatory socialization fit under for the general characteristics of adolescent development?
Search for self
Anticipatory socialization- important part which you learn rights, obligations, and expectations of a role to prepare for assuming that role in the future.
5 important functions served by dating
Entertainment socialization Source of status attainment Companionship Source of mate selection
Causes of early sexual activity? (4)
Lack of religious practice
Single parent household
Low income family
Peer influence (involved in sexual activity)
Consequences of early sexual activity
Std’s/Sti’s
Teen pregnancy
Most common month for conception (sex)
Second most common?
May, bc of prom
November, college kids come back for thanksgiving
(Turkey dump) (Santa Claus effect)
Most common day of conception (sex)?
Friday then Saturday then Sunday (morning)
2 trends that are shown for first marriage ?
Men are older than women by 1-4 yrs
Age increases as of 1950
For median age of first marriage, why is it lowest in 1950?
In high school, taught to get married
“How to be a good wife”
What’s poaching in relation to marriage/dating?
Older guys (17) go for younger girls (14)
Ladder climbing?
UMFG, SSG
Dates junior to get to senior guy
In 1950, the female was 20 and make 22.8 why?
- 8 graduates college or military, needs a good job -> marries
- 3- younger right out of school
Age of discovery for Anna, Isabelle, and genie
6 6 and 13
When dating, what do most 17 year olds look for? Most important/least important
Most important- entertainment & status
Least- marriage
When dating, what do most 26 year olds look for? Most important/least important
Most- Marriage
Least- status
When dating, what do most 45 year olds look for? Most important/least important
Most- companionship, mate, everything
Least- status
When dating, what do most 80 year olds look for? Most important/least important
Most- companionship
Least-status
family problems in a two-provider family
Baby sitter
Not much family time
family problems in a parent and step parent family
Relationship isn’t strong
Kids not viewing step as authority
family problems in a biracial family
Bullying
Identity confusion
Racism
family problems in a mother only family
Financial issues
Hard to relate if male
family problems in a grandparents family
Responsibility issues
Health problems
Generation gap - misunderstanding
family problems in an adoptive parents family
Trust issues
Confusion of identity
family problems in an extended family
Compromise
Limited space
family problems in an older sibling family
Responsibility
Confusion on legal guardian
family problems in a gay parent family
Bullying
Confusion of ones identity
(No baring on child sexuality though)
family problems in an ideal family
Looked upon as spoiled
follow old traditions ( mom doesn’t work )
All families have issues no matter the type t or f
True
