FRHD 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Family Values, Ecological Systems Theory, Margaret Mead

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1020
• Professor: Shayna Sparling

Document Summary

Compare data on family life among diferent kinds of socieies. Margaret mead, compared western culture to primiive cultures. The transiions you go through now may be diferent in a diferent culture. Compare census, social agency or demographic data to determine paterns of family life. Longitudinal: use quesionnaires or interviews over a number of years to follow up on earlier invesigaions. Systemaic examinaion of cultural arifacts or various forms of communicaion to determine themes. Help inform you how to discuss topics, diferent themes in how people communicate. 5 principles: human development occurs throughout life. Individuals construct their own lives through choices and acions. Life courses are shaped by the imes we live in. Consists of people and objects in an individuals immediate environment who are closest to them. Mesosystem (inter-connectedness: what happens in one microsystem will inluence the others. E. g. , bad day at work or school, you"re grouchy at home.