LECT 2 Development of self

Question 1

Are Humans born with skills, why/why not?

Answer 1

No, they are not , but must learn from any cultural environment

Question 2

What is cultural socialisation?

Answer 2

Refers to the developmental processes through which children acquire the beliefs, values, and attitudes of the parental traditions.
-Beliefs about our environment.
-How to look after self and family.
-Appropriate manners.

Question 3

Bronfenbrenner’s ecocultural system model

Answer 3

Child, Microsystem (family and friends),Mesosystem (home and school, exosystem (mass media, community), Macrosystem (Cultural context),chronosystem (historical context)

Question 4

Parent-child interaction

Answer 4

refers to the ways in which parents and children communicate, behave and respond to each other.

Question 5

Parenting ideal effect

Answer 5

LAP- Calm, relaxed, peaceful
HAP-Enthusiatic, excited, elated.

Question 6

How does ideal effect shaped by family environment?

Answer 6

Parents who value LAP talk to babies in a softer voice and few facial expression; those who value HAP talk to babies in a more exciting voice and dynamic facial expressions.

Question 7

Broader socialisation practices

Answer 7

-Parents engage one-on-one
-Task focus: a school like language lesson, a dinner table one person at a time presentation.
-Learning by observing and pitching to a range of activities.

Question 8

What is self?

Answer 8

-Sense of who you are
-Guides your experience
-Develops during early life

Question 9

The development of five facets of self?

Answer 9

1. Ecological self: the immediate the direct awareness of yourself
   2.Interpersonal self: the immediate and direct awareness of yourself when interacting with the environment.
   3.The private self: Me-self, your inner thoughts, emotions, and feelings not directly observable to others.
2. the extended self: The sense of continuity and consistency of the self.
   5.The conceptual Self: The self-concepts, self beliefs about who you are relationships, societal roles.

Question 10

How culture influences self?

Answer 10

1.Child-rearing practices that are tied to cultural values and norms.
2.Family structure and functions

Question 11

How do self-views serve several functions?

Answer 11

-direct attention
-organise information
-interpretation of situations
-emotional experiences