Family&Households: Topic 2- Childhood~ Vital vocab Flashcards
What is age patriarchy?
Inequalities between adults and children.
What is acting up?
Children engaging in adult activities.
What is acting down?
A child acting as much younger child.
What is child-centredness?
The family becomes centred around the childs needs rather than adults.
What is child liberationist view?
They see the need to free children from adult control.
What is the conflict view?
Perspectives which see society divided by social class and gender respectively.
What is globalisation?
The interconnection of the world in terms of time and space.
What is information hierarchy?
Adults who can read and children who cannot.
What is modernism?
The era of science, technology and socioeconomic changes starting in Europe.
What is non-industrial?
Not relating to industry or not having a lot of industry and factories.
What is postmodernism?
An approach that attempts to define how society has progressed to an era beyond modernity.
What is print culture?
All forms of printed text and other visual communication.
What is social construct?
Something created by social processes, rather than simply occurring naturally.
What is toxic childhood?
The damaging effects of the 21st century on children.
What is the western world?
Nations located in Europe, North America and Oceania.
