PSYC 3350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Acculturation, Phoneme, Nicaraguan Sign Language
19 Apr 2016
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The stolen generation : discrimination based on shade of skin colour, light skin aboriginals were more likely to be adopted. Socialization: process by which people learn rules and patterns of society, most of the time they are not written rules, social norm. Socialization/enculturation acquired from people around you, institutions you are part of, etc . Infants live in different cultures: children use to sleep with parents/siblings, sleep arrangements vary across cultures, infants having their own room independence, shweder (1995) Asked indians and american adults to decide how a family should be arranged in bedrooms of a house. Found: americans 1 room for parents, 1 for sons, 1 for daughters. Indians prefer a combination (mother and father with 3 y. o adult, 14d with 8s) Both indian and americans avoid incest situation. Protection of the vulnerable (youngest daughter with parents) Female chastity anxiety (highly valued attribute in traditional indian culture; adult female- the 14 year old daughter is always with someone)
