PSY 3123 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Generation Z, Early Action, Symbolic Interactionism

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3123
• Professor: Guergana Roumenova Mileva;

Document Summary

The myth of motherhood: the idea that motherhood is instinctual and that nothing can fulfill a woman except childrearing. Theories on child rearing: structural functionalists: having a children in a necessary aspect of raising a family, conflict theorists: the social pressure to have children is a reflection of a prevailing ideology. Historically the family was the only means of providing social support. If it failed, individuals were dependent on charity. Currently, to replace the current population each woman must have 2. 1 children. Total fertility rate is the amount of children a woman will expect to have has remained at 1. 6 since 1993. Crude birth rate is the number of babies being born each year. The baby boom after ww2 to 1964 saw a major increase in the number of babies being born. Births from unwed mothers were considered illegitimate until 1974.