PSYC 3350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Enculturation, Ecological Systems Theory, Parenting Styles

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3350
• Professor: Saba Safdar

Document Summary

Humans can share intentions with eachother, whereas animals cannot (can see things from other person"s pov) Cultural learning: learn from others and through them. Across all cultures, people emerge from childhood with a wish to become competent, productive adults but cultures differ in what competent and productive means. As adult, behavior is influenced by learned patterns/rules and well practiced so it becomes automatic and unconscious. Culture is learned through a long process, over long period of time: involves all aspects of the learning process. Enculturation: youngsters learn and adopt ways of their specific culture: products of the socialization process (subjective psychological aspects that become internalized) Agents of socialization/enculturation instill cultural motives (parents, siblings, extended families, peers, school, social groups) Bronfenbrenner ecological systems theory of human development: organizes enculturation, dev. Order: at centre is the individual (sex, age, health) Can only understand how child develops if you examine them in relation to their contexts.