Child Family process that leads child to gain

Child & Family • _______: process that leads child to gain values & behaviors of society • _____US society seeks for children:

Whiting & Whiting (1988) • teams of ______at 6 very _______ in 1950’s Gussi of _____ small ________ agricultural people wage-earners & homemakers women work farms men work in business, men in var. crafts, pols. factories infants in care of older in care of mothers children, elderly help with _____(4) ________ compar. work to

Outcomes: Gussi of Kenya N. England town “___________” children __________for adults’ attention Problems with Socialization in U. S. through 1980’s-1990’s: One critic: David Elkind Student of Jean Piaget’s Books: Hurried Child, All Grown Up & No Place to Go

_____-_____ Learning • children acquire behaviors thru ______and _____(of parents, usually) • children _______behaviors demonstrated by a “model” – esp. ___________ • ex. Bobo experiment

Modeling (cont’d. ) • Factors that influence impact of modeling: – _____of child ______ – Personal characteristics of the model – ___the child ______the model • More likely to occur ______is _____, after imitating ex. gender roles

Parenting ______ Diana Baumrind: • Research with children from early childhood-adolescence • ________about childrearing • _______, get teacher reports • _______parenting: ______style

Parenting of Adolescents • _____: parents&adolescents _____ • Most adolescents report – Share ________ – Seek parents’ _____ • Yet conflicts due arise due to – need to grow as individuals, yet remain dependent new cognitive abilities – create ideals of the world & parents fall short

Conflict • ____usually just _____matters (esp. young adolescents) – Ex. Schoolwork, chores, friends, dating, appear. , curfew • Substantial _____occurs in ______ of families – Many had problems before adolescence