FRHD 2280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Cultural-Historical Psychology, Abstraction, Egocentrism

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 2280
• Professor: Andrea LaMarre

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Which of the followi(cid:374)g theories (cid:373)a(cid:455) offer a(cid:374) e(cid:454)pla(cid:374)atio(cid:374) for adolesce(cid:374)ts" struggles with decision making: adolescent egocentrism, dual processing theory, sociocultural theory, none of the above. Symbolic inheritance: beliefs and ideas, religious, political, familial, and communal. How people acquire the behaviours and beliefs of their culture. Cultural values individualism independence: self expression independent self, broad socialization collectivism interdependence, conformity interdependent self, narrow socialization important not to assume everyone within a particular culture will necessarily fit into these categories intersectionality. Socialization: broad and narrow range of acceptable personal variation. Bear in mind: individualism-collectivism and broad-narrow are not meant to imply moral evaluations! Media family cultural belief system influences of friends, media, school, community, legal systems increases influence of family diminishes in adolescence. The law: self-regulation: rules for sexual conduct, roles: expectations for adult male behaviour, sources of meaning: origin of the world, place in community. Have you had experiences with the teaching of cultural beliefs (boy/girl scouts, bar/bat.