Children and social disadvantage

Question 1

how many people in the UK live in poverty

Answer 1

1 in 5 - and 29% of children

Question 2

How does a child gain cultural capital

Answer 2

being exposed to different cultures in the home (through books, family etc) or through holidays

Question 3

What are the three different types of social capital

Answer 3

Bonding
Bridging
Linking

Question 4

describe bonding

Answer 4

relationships between similar people (alike in terms if sociodemographic/economic characteristics)

Question 5

describe bridging

Answer 5

dissimilar people who are at the same hierarchy

Question 6

describe linking

Answer 6

relationships between people across hierarchy - the ability to network through friends

Question 7

describe how language socialisation is socially defined

Answer 7

in the West it is believed that infant direct conversation between mothers&babies is the best way to build language
But mothers in other cultures do not regularly speak directly to babies and these children still reach the linguistic milestones at a similar rate - children in these contexts learn from attending to others’ interactions

Question 8

Describe the hart and risley study

Answer 8

1995 - studies the expressive language of 43 mothers and child from various SES backgrounds
Every month for 2.5 years each family was observed for one hour
There was found to be a 30 million word gap between families from low SES compared to high SES.
but only words spoken directly to the infants were coned as well as only standardised words

Question 9

What did Sperry, Sperry and Miller find

Answer 9

they re-examined the study by replicating it but made some differences
they got to know the families and counted overheard words
they concluded there is no word gap when including multiple caregivers and overheard talk