Terms #3 Flashcards
“The Forbidden Experiment”
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Nature vs Nurture
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Conformity
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Compliance
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Deviance
Departing from societies usual standards. Not giving into society living in your own ways of life
Mainstream culture
The norm of a societies culture, that everyone pays attention to
Counterculture
A culture that is not part of the mainstream culture, but is opposing it
Subculture
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Breaching Experiment
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cult
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helicopter parent
A helicopter parent is a parent who pays extremely close attention to a child’s or children’s experiences and problems, particularly at educational institutions. Helicopter parents are so named because, like helicopters, they “hover overhead”, overseeing every aspect of their child’s life constantly.
strict parent
In psychology, strict parents are defined as parents who place high standards and demands on their children. Strict parents can be authoritative or authoritarian, depending on the parents’ disciplinary beliefs and responsiveness to their
laissez-faire parent
Laissez-faire is a French term meaning “to let people do as they please.” Applied to parenting, the term refers to a permissive style in which parents avoid providing guidance and discipline, make no demands for maturity, and impose few controls on their child’s