Anthropology 2226A/B Chapter Holden: 2226A-Holden Final Notes
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Just as experts develop their own childrearing philosophies, all of us do to do. We each have our own views of parenting and the appropriate way to rear children. We have our own lay theory: that is, informal and unscientific theories that reflect what we deem to be conventional wisdom. Behavioral genetics theory: how human traits and behaviors might be directly impacted by genetic inheritance. Pa(cid:396)e(cid:374)tal e(cid:373)phases: v(cid:455)gotsk(cid:455)(cid:859)s theo(cid:396)(cid:455: lev vygotsky (1896-1934, that social interactions provide the primary arena for development, parents role: zone of proximal development. Engage the child in more advanced tasks than they could perform on their own to promote development eg. Family systems theory: bowen (1913 1990, views the family as the basic emotional unit. Class clown client: triangulation: happens a lot, eg. Dad to his (cid:272)hild: (cid:862)do(cid:374)(cid:859)t tell (cid:455)ou(cid:396) (cid:373)othe(cid:396) a(cid:271)out this(cid:863) Individual factors: characteristics of the parent and unconscious factors.