CLDP 3338 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Collectivism, Motivation, Individualism

• School: UT-Dallas
• Department: Child Learning and Development
• Course: CLDP 3338
• Professor: John Santrock

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Individualism: giving priority to personal goals rather than group goals, emphasizes values that serve the self. Rites of passage: cere(cid:373)o(cid:374)ies or rituals that (cid:373)ark a(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s tra(cid:374)sitio(cid:374) fro(cid:373) o(cid:374)e status to another, such as entry into adulthood. Socioeconomic status: grouping of people with similar occupational, educational and economic characteristics differing from: occupations varying in prestige, different levels of educational attainment, different economic resources, different levels of power to influence community institutions. Poverty: economic hardship: negative psychological effects powerless, rarely decision makers, vulnerable to disaster, limited alternatives, inadequate education, environmental inequities, more conflict, violence, instability and chaos in homes. Less social support and parents are less responsive and more authoritarian. Less access to books and computers: schools/child-care facilities are inferior with less parental monitoring, polluted and noisy environment. Live in more dangerous and physically deteriorating neighborhoods with less municipal services. Issues: dislocation, separation from support networks, dual struggle to preserve identity and acculturate, change in ses status.