WK10: How culture impacts social development Flashcards
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Ownership regulation
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- Material possession’s reflect cultural values
- Wealth, generosity and political idea might all be reflected by cultural values
- Ownership concepts emerge by age 2.
- Attachments to objects, exclusive control observed in early childhood
2
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What did Rochat et al explore in regards to ownership regulation?
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Explored universal ownership principles in 176 3-5-year-olds across 7 diverse environments.
3
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What were the conditions in Rochat et al’s experiment
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First contact, familiarity, creation, Rich/poor, neutral
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What did Rochat et al’s experiment find
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- Consistent ownership views in creation and familiarity.
- No consistent pattern in first contact or rich/poor.
- US and Chinese children leaned towards assigning ownership to the poor puppet.
- Culture and socio-economic context impact early ownership intuitions.
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What was Blake, et al’s experiment on fairness norms?
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- Pairs play, one’s ‘actor’.
- Sweets: 1 for actor, 4 for other
- The actor chooses to accept or reject the distribution
- Rejecting an offer lead to zero payoffs for everyone
- Do children reject self-disadvantaging or other-disadvantaging offers?
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What did Blake et al’s experiment on fairness norms find?
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- Low levels of rejection for fair offers
- As children get older, they reject unfair offers when they are disadvantaged by the distribution of resources
- Children are sensitive to sharing norms, but they are different in different societies
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What was Weltzein’s experiment on sharing?
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- Investigated drives for resource allocation
- Explored cultural vs. family impact in India.
- Studied 7-to-8-year-olds in nuclear and extended families.
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What did Weltzein’s experiment on sharing find?
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- Independence training led to more selfish choices.
- Interdependence training promoted prosocial behavior in extended families.
- Family factors outweighed country factors.
- Emphasizes need to consider family structures, not just location.
