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Module 3: Enculturation & Development Flashcards

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enculturation

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all the learning you do wihtout instruction, but because of the possibilities and opportunities in your environment, learning and adopting ways of your own culture
- is implicit, and influenced by family, friends, systems (such as schools)

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socialization

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the systematic formation of an individual through learning and internalization of rules and behavioral patterns under the influence of a culture
- explicit and active process

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cultural agents

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the people, institutions, and organizations that have to make sure that cultural learning takes place

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Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory of human development

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systems influence the development of an individual
- microsystem
- mesosystem
- exosystem
- macrosystem
- chronosystem

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microsystem

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immediate environment, such as family, school, and friends

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mesosystem

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the connections between the microsystems
- either the relationship between home and school, or between family and friends

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exosystem

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indirect environments, such as parents’ workplace, mass media, and local politics

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macrosystem

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attitudes and ideologies of culture, religion, and society
- consider cultural values, laws, and political ideologies

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chronosystem

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the influence of time and history on the other systems
- life events such as moving or historical events such as economic crises

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Harkness and Super (2021)

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uses the concept of developmental niches to understand enculturation

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developmental niches

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try to explain how the macrosystems influence a child’s microsystems composing of 3 parts
- the physical and social setting
- customs of child rearing and care
- psychology of caregivers

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post-figurative cultures

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cultural change is slow
- there is a low influence of peers and socialization takes place mainly as older people transmit their knowledge to their children

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co-figurative cultures

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cultural change occurs more quickly
- both adults and peers have influence in the socialization process

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pre-figurative cultures

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cultural change occurs so quicky that adults may need to learn from younger people
- high influence of peers

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the six cultures study

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a comprehensive cross-cultural study conducted by Whiting and Whiting (1975), where anthropologists collected data related to child-rearing practices and to child behavior from 6 different cultures

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the six cultures study results

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  • a child’s personality and behavior is strongly linked to characteristics of the ecology in which they find themselves
  • a mother’s role at work contributes to their child’s social behavior (a family where mothers contribute substantially to their family’s well-being teaches children responsibility and independence)
  • economic factors influence child rearing
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nuclear family structure

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2 parents, 1 child, and possibly siblings
- emotional distance to the nuclear family members is the same, and there is a geographical distance to grandparents
- protypical in many Western countries

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extended family structure

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includes grandparents and uncles/aunts
- the extended family often lives together (less geographical distance), and these relatives also have a greater role in raising children
- prototypical in many non-Western countries

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Baumrind’s 4 parenting styles

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  • authoritarian
  • authoritative
  • neglectful/uninvolved
  • permissive
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authoritarian parenting style

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high in control and low in responsiveness
- characterized by obedience and respect for authority
- adult-centered

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autoritative parenting style

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high in control and high in responsiveness
- characterized by trust, acceptance, and structure
- child-centered

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neglectful/uninvolved parenting style

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low in control and low in responsiveness
- characterized by a lack of support, encouragement, and involvement

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permissive parenting style

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low in control and high in responsiveness
- characterized by warmth, nurturing, and lack of control
- child-centered

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Grusec and Davidov

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proposed a monain-specific approach
- parents react differently depending on their child, situation, and context

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domains of parent-child socialization

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  • protection: parents must make their children feel safe
  • control: children must learn to follow the culture’s rules
  • reciprocity: children must learn to work together
  • guided learning: children need to master specific skills
  • group participation: children should learn to participate in social groups and cultural practices
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Inglehart and Bakers (2000) modernization theory

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states that human social development will eventually converge to Western patterns

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Kagitcibasi (1982, 2002)

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argued that there is more to it and introduced a model of family change in a study of the motivation to have children
- looked at the economic/utilitarian value and the psychological value of having children
- referred to as the Value of Children study

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Kagitcibasi results

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found that the economic/utilitarian value of children decreased as socioeconomic development increased
- psychological value did not change
- material independence is not incompatible with emotional interdependnece and proposed 3 prototypical family models

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Kagitcibasi’s 3 prototyical family models

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  • interdependent family: extended family in which people are both economically and psychologically interdependent (common in rural agricultural communities)
  • independent family: children have low economic value and high psychological value, where there is no psychological dependence (typical of western nuclear families)
  • psychologically dependent family: low economic dependence, but social dependence (typical of urban contexts in collectivistic settings (e.g. Istanbul)
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interdependent self

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heteronomous + related = follows what others say when making decisions, wants to be close to others

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independent self

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autonomous + separate = makies its own decisions, wants to be separate from others

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autonomous self

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makes its own decisions but is emotionally close to others
- typical of urban contexts in collectivist environments

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Keller (2007)

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examined the influence of the ecological environment on parents’ parenting behavior
- distinction was made between an independent and interdependent prototypical eco-social context

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Keller’s socialization goals

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  • independence: reflected the urban middle class in (post)industrialized societies (WEIRD), where the emphasis is on the pursuit of one’s own goals and uniqueness
  • interdependence: seen in rural areas with little income/education, where maintaining social harmony, respect for elders, and obedience is important
  • autonomous: a mix between independence and interdependence
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Keller’s 3 contexts of mother behavior

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  • independent contexts
  • interdependent contexts
  • autonomous-related contexts
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independent contexts of mother behavior

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prevalence of face-to-face contact (teaching separateness) and object stimulation (teaching autonomous agency); less body contact and body stimulation
- exclusivity of mother-child pair
- the baby is seen as an equal/individual with own will and preferences
- a parental ethnotheory is that both the child and the mother need time alone to unwind
- e.g. Germany

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interdependent contexts of mother behavior

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more body contact (teaching relatedness) and body stimulation (teaching heteronomous agency); less face-to-face contact and object stimulation
- tight social network, no exclusive mother-child dyad
- the child is seen as an apprentice
- a parental ethnotheory is that the mother and child should have skin-to-skin contact to be happy
- e.g. Cameroon

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autonomous-related contexts of mother behavior

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there is an exclusive mother-child dyad within a tight social network
- socialization goals are both relational and autonomous
- typical of urban, educated contexts in historically collectivistic contexts
- e.g. San Jose, Costa Rica; Istanbul

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Olweus (1993) 3 criteria for bullying

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  • intentional physical or mental harm
  • there is a power imbalance
  • the act is repeated over time
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temperament

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a relatively stable style of interacting with the world that exists from birth

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easy temperament

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regular, flexible, slightly intense, receptive

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difficult temperament

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intense, irregular, withdrawn, with negative moods

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slow-to-warm-up

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time is needed to transition in activities and experiences

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goodness of fit

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the degree to which a child’s temeperament matches the parents’ expectations and values

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specific temperament dimensions

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  • activity level: gross motor activity
  • smiling and laughter: social behavior
  • fear: behavioral inhibition
  • distress to limitations: showing distress when a goal is blocked
  • soothability: how easily a child can be soothed
  • duration of orienting: how long a child pays attention to an object when no new stimuli are offered
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strange situation test

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by Bowlby and Ainsworth and is often used to assess attachment styles
- the child is temporarily separated from the mother and a stranger enters the room
- assessment is based on the child’s reactions to the separation, to the stranger, and to the return of the mother
- may not be a valid assessment of attachment across different cultures

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Piaget’s stages of cognitive development

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there are cultural differences in the ages at which children reach certain stages
- does not necessarily say anything about the cognitive development of children, but may be due to pressures to learn certain things are not present within some contexts

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Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory of cognitive development

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cognitive development is indistinguishable from culture
- scaffolding and zone of proximal development are central to this theory

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zone of proximal development

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a zone in which children are not yet able to perform a task independently, but with some help from others they are able to do so

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scaffolding

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where children are pushed to think on a higher level with support and help from others

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Kohlbergs 3 stages of moral reasoning

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  • preconventional: rules are followed to avoid punishment and obtain a reward
  • co-conventional: compliance with rules made based on the approval of others and rules of society
  • post-conventional: moral reasoning based on individual principles and conscience
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Jensen’s (2011) 3 pronged ethical approach to morality

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describes moral development for a broader range of cultures
- ethics of autonomy
- ethics of community
- ethics of divinity

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ethics of autonomy

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emphasis on individual rights and justice

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ethics of community

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emphasis on interpersonal relationships and community

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ethics of divinity

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emphasis on the central role of religious beliefs and spirituality

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