Ch.1 From Beliefs to Evidence Flashcards
Single Disciplinary perspective
Multiciliary perspective
Interdisciplinary Perspective
Transdisciplinary Perspective
Social Construction of childhood
○ Cultural background
○ Social class
○ Time
○ Gender
○ Ethnicity
Philippe Aries
- Philosopher - Centuries of childhood (1960)
- Looked at old painting to get other perspectives of childhood
Beliefs that influence parenting
○ Religion
○ Philosophy
○ Medicine
○ Psychology
○ Law/social forces
Early Christian Theologians: ○ Martin Luther (1483-1546)
importance of patriarchy - “father needs to lead”
Early Christian Theologians: John Calvin (1509-1564)
Doctrine of total depravity
Early Christian Theologians: John Wesley and Susannah Wesley’s
Childrearing Rules
- Wrote a lot on family and parenting
- Importance of routine and rituals (mothers role to create the structure
Early Christian Theologians: Horace Bushnell (1802-1876)
- Infants “formless lumps”
- Parents have the opportunity for “form them”
Philosophers: Aristotle (384-322 BCE)
blank tablets (morally neutral)
Philosophers: John Calvin (1509-1564)
total depravity
Philosophers: Jacobus Arminius (1560-1609)
partial depravity
Philosophers: John Locke (1632-1704)
blank slates (morally neutral)