Chapter 1
The science of interrelationships between organisms and their environments.
What is Ecology?
An individuals perception of his or her identity as distinct from that of others.
What is Self-concept?
The family that develops when one marries and has children.
What is family of procreation?
The implementation of a series of decisions about socialization of children.
What is parenting?
Society's formal institution where learning takes place
What is school
The study of how humans alone or in a group interact with nature and their environment.
What is Human Ecology?
Socialization processes ar affected by 3 factors
What are Biological factors, Sociocultural factors, and Interactive factors.
Relatives of the nuclear family who're economically and emotionally dependent on each other.
What is extended family?
Intentional harm to or endangerment of a child, including abuse and neglect.
What is Maltreatment?
The schools function in the US
What is universal (in that it is open to all) Formal in that it is methodical and Prescriptive in that it provides directions based on custom.
The 2 characteristics of the brain that make socialization uniques to humans.
What is thought & language?
The ability to control ones impulses, behavior, and /or emotions until an appropriate time, place, or object is available for expressing them.
What is Self-Regulation?
The family systems have 5basic functions
What is reproduction, socialization/education, assignment of social roles, economic support, and Nurturance/emotional support
Accommodation of parenting styles to children temperaments.
What is goodness of fit?
A school authorized and funded by a public school district, formed by a group of patents, teachers, or other community members with a shared educational philosophy.
What is a charter school
The 3 categories of Temperament
What are:
1. Easy Child
2. Slow to warm
3. Difficult Child
The 5 agents of Socialization.
What is family, school& childcare, peers, mass media, and community
Family structural transitions affect family functions
What is death, divorce, remarriage, adoption, dual earners
parenting styles consist of 4 basic types of parenting styles.
What is authoritarian, permissive, authoritative,and uninvolved?
Peers can influence student motivation to succeed
What is Mesosystem influences on the school
The five basic structures of Bronfenbrenner
What is the microsystem, mesosystem, ecosystem, microsystem, and chronsystem?
8 critical stages of psychosocial development in a humans life that affect the self-concept
What is:Trust vs Mistrust, Autonomy vs Shame/doubt, Initiative vs. Guilt, Industry vs Inferiority, Identity vs Identity Diffusion, Intimacy vs Isolation, Generativity vs Self-Absorption, Integrity vs Despair
The most significant predictors of positive classroom dynamics and child outcomes .
What is:The size of the overall group. The caregiver-child ratios, and whether the caregiver had specialized training in child development or early childhood education.