PSYCH352 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: No Age, Amy Chua, Parenting Styles
2 Feb 2013
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Cultural norms (and cultural differences) come about as the result of the different ways that people are socialized into the world. Despite entering the world with the ability to internalize any cultural world, we generally end up internalizing one. Example of loss of phoneme perception hindi has 2 phonemes that sound different to native speakers, but the same to english speakers: this inability to detect a difference can be predicted by age. Although very young infants in english-speaking households can distinguish between two. Hindi phonemes, older infants being raised by english speakers can no longer do so. Given that culture and language are both cultural meaning systems acquired through social learning, some argue that they are inseparable. Accordingly, just as language acquisition has a sensitive period, so too should cultural acquisition. Immigration before age 15 greater identification with canadian culture as one spends more time in canada.
