Diverse Latino Families
What does diverse mean?
Showing a great deal of variety; very different.
True or false?
A Latina mother may spend more time reading to their toddler compared to a White mother.
False
Name one factor that influences children’s social and psychological mechanism in the environment.
Outside groups/ formal groups
Family social Unit
Multiple Context Affects Cognitive/Social Development.
What are the two types of development in a particular setting?
Learning and social cognition
What is the title of the article?
Learning from Latinos: Contexts, Families, and Child Development in Motion
What are two subgroups?
National origin
social class/status
home language
acculturation
True or false?
Cultural modeling of parenting is passed down from generations?
True
What is ecocultural Theory?
Social norms, languages and material facets that shapes families.
What is one of the types of methodological advances in development?
Socialization goals cognitive demands and parenting beliefs and daily practices
Did you like the article? Why or why not?
Free response
True or false?
Mexican women engage in healthy prenatal practices and breast feed their babies at higher rates than mothers in other ethnic groups.
True!
Anthropologist and psychologist discovered more about the goals and practices of Latino parents, which many are ____ to White parents.
a. similar
b. different
c. shared
d. all the above
B. different
What are some disadvantages of being in a low Social economic class?
Poor quality of education
More prone to violence
Social norms correlated to race.
Give some examples of shaping learning in Latino families?
Household chores
Taking care of younger siblings
Working for the family
Who are the authors of the article?
Bruce Fuller and Cynthia Coll
True or false?
Recent work illuminates how parenting practices and cognitive demands placed on youth children are similar to different groups.
False
Give an example of a Latino parenting goal.
Nurturing their children to be “bein educado”
Setting your family as the most important
Obey parents authority
What are the two factors that influences a child’s background’s knowledge?
Intelligence and ability to learn.
What is small scale context?
The small environmental factors that surrounds a child or adolescent.
The early cognitive growth of children tends to
_____ when raised in larger families.
a. lag
b. increase
c. be neutral
d. none of the above
A. lag
How can daily activities help a child develop?
Daily activities help develop a motivating sense of competence and belonging for the child.
In what context do parents play in their children’s social and psychological development?
Parents can teach their children only their belief.
What is an example of small scale context?
Home environment
Parents
Siblings
School