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1
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Feral children

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Raised in relative isolation

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5 most critical skills for feral child to catch up to her peers?

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Hygiene 
Speaking
Ability to eat
Social norms
Motor skills
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What must happen before those skills are learned?

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Must learn trust & love before anything else

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4
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Critical period of language development?

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Stops after age 7/8. Why genie stopped progressing.

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Level of confinement for Anna, Isabelle, and genie?

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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

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Age of eventual development for Anna, Isabelle, and genie

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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

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Socialization

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Process of learning the basic skills, values, beliefs, and behavior patterns of a society

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Rites of passage

Examples

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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
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9
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Agents of socialization

What are the 4?

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People, groups, & institutions that help us become fully functioning members of society

1) family
2) peers
3) school
4) mass media

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Explain the 4 agents of socialization

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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

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11
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What’s anticipatory socialization

Ex?

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Preparing for role going to play later in life

Ex being on time

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12
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Instructive school book carrying theory?

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Females - took care of baby

Males - hunted (spears)

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13
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Why do females talk more than males? Numbers?

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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)

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14
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Sex roles? M & F?

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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
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15
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Most common juvenile delinquency time?

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Monday-Friday

3-6:00

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16
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Benefits of TV

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Memory 
Education 
Learn about diverse cultures 
Entertainment 
Gives family bonding opportunities
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17
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Harmful effects tv has on children

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Bad for health- inactivity 
False information 
Wastes time 
Violent repercussions 
Makes ppl more materialistic 
(All relate to video games also)
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18
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Parenting tips provided when monitoring child’s viewing habits?

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Set limits (2 hrs per day)
Watch tv with child
Explain why certain shows are bad
Keep TV public 
But a timer
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4 principal factors that most contemporary social scientists see as INFLUENCING PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT & SOCIAL BEHAVIOR

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1) heredity
2) birth order
3) parents
4) cultural environment

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20
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Heredity

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  • 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
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21
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Birth order

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Whether we have siblings or not & the order we were born in affects our perspective/personality

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22
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Parents

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Age of parents affect child development bc they relate differently
Parents education, occupational back ground, religious orientation, economic status, & cultural heritage

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Cultural environment

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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

24
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What effect does lack of close human contact have on institutionalized children?

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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.

25
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What ways are total institutions different from other agents of socialization?

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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

26
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5 characteristics of adolescence

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Biological growth & development 
Undefined status 
Increased decision making
Increase in pressure
Search for self
27
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What category does anticipatory socialization fit under for the general characteristics of adolescent development?

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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.

28
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5 important functions served by dating

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Entertainment 
socialization 
Source of status attainment 
Companionship
Source of mate selection
29
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Causes of early sexual activity? (4)

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Lack of religious practice
Single parent household
Low income family
Peer influence (involved in sexual activity)

30
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Consequences of early sexual activity

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Std’s/Sti’s

Teen pregnancy

31
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Most common month for conception (sex)

Second most common?

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May, bc of prom
November, college kids come back for thanksgiving
(Turkey dump) (Santa Claus effect)

32
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Most common day of conception (sex)?

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Friday then Saturday then Sunday (morning)

33
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2 trends that are shown for first marriage ?

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Men are older than women by 1-4 yrs

Age increases as of 1950

34
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For median age of first marriage, why is it lowest in 1950?

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In high school, taught to get married

“How to be a good wife”

35
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What’s poaching in relation to marriage/dating?

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Older guys (17) go for younger girls (14)

36
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Ladder climbing?

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UMFG, SSG

Dates junior to get to senior guy

37
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In 1950, the female was 20 and make 22.8 why?

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  1. 8 graduates college or military, needs a good job -> marries
  2. 3- younger right out of school
38
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Age of discovery for Anna, Isabelle, and genie

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6 6 and 13

39
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When dating, what do most 17 year olds look for? Most important/least important

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Most important- entertainment & status

Least- marriage

40
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When dating, what do most 26 year olds look for? Most important/least important

A

Most- Marriage

Least- status

41
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When dating, what do most 45 year olds look for? Most important/least important

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Most- companionship, mate, everything

Least- status

42
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When dating, what do most 80 year olds look for? Most important/least important

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Most- companionship

Least-status

43
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family problems in a two-provider family

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Baby sitter

Not much family time

44
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family problems in a parent and step parent family

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Relationship isn’t strong

Kids not viewing step as authority

45
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family problems in a biracial family

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Bullying
Identity confusion
Racism

46
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family problems in a mother only family

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Financial issues

Hard to relate if male

47
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family problems in a grandparents family

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Responsibility issues
Health problems
Generation gap - misunderstanding

48
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family problems in an adoptive parents family

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Trust issues

Confusion of identity

49
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family problems in an extended family

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Compromise

Limited space

50
Q

family problems in an older sibling family

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Responsibility

Confusion on legal guardian

51
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family problems in a gay parent family

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Bullying
Confusion of ones identity
(No baring on child sexuality though)

52
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family problems in an ideal family

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Looked upon as spoiled

follow old traditions ( mom doesn’t work )

53
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All families have issues no matter the type t or f

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True

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