FRHD 3040 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Acculturation, Parenting Styles, Cultural Psychology

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 3040
• Professor: Robyn Pitman

Document Summary

Week 9: parenting and culture (heath chapter 2) Discuss what the cross-cultural perspective is, it"s critiques, and discuss what cultural psychology is: traditional cross-cultural perspective. Looks at group level cultural difference through cultural comparisons using quantitative studies. Culture exists in external environment (artifacts, language, history, traditions, hared ideas and values and ways of thinking/acting: critique: Measures and concepts often take north american culture as norm: other cultures are deviations from norm, ideas such as parenting styles, attachment styles and even bi-directionality, cultural psychology: Influenced by anthropology, ethnography and socio-cultural theory. Analysis of taken for granted cultural assumptions from perspective of insiders of that culture: cultural practices, cultural mentality or thought patterns. Discuss the 2 cultural universals about parent-child relationships: every culture: Interested in socializing children for success in the culture: takes on task of fostering conformity of its members to norms and values including transmission of culture. Discuss the reasons why cultural differences occur in their assumptions and expressions.