CULTURE, CONTEXT AND SOCIALISATION
LECTURE OUTLINE
IntroductionCulture and context as meaning
* Parental threat* Parental control and acceptance
Features of context* Societal values* Parental goals, beliefs, values
The developmental nicheConclusions
Parental Threat, Control and Acceptance
Azuma (1986)Trommsdorff (1985)Lau and colleagues (1987, 1990)Kagitcabasi (1970)
Features of context: Societal values
Children’s work– Whiting and Whiting (1975)– Nsamenang (1992)
Value of Children Study
Features of context: Parental goals
Achievement expectationsHess et al. (1980)
Obedience and conformityLevine et al. (1994)
Class differencesKohn (1969)
Features of context: Parental beliefs and values
Maternal role perceptions(Shand, 1985)
Parents as teachers (e.g., Chao, 1994; Laosa, 1980)
The Developmental Niche(Super & Harkness)
The Developmental Niche: Assumptions
The child’s environment is organised as part of a cultural system
The child has an inborn disposition
The Developmental Niche: Subsystems
Physical and social settingCulturally regulated customs of child-
rearingPsychology of caregiver
The Developmental Niche: Operating Principles
Three components operate as a systemEach subsystem is functionally embedded
in other aspects of human ecologyEach subsystem is involved in a process of
mutual adaptation with the individual child
The Developmental Niche: Framework for Empirical Research
Peer relations in Canada and China(Chen, Rubin & Li, 1995)
Concluding Questions
Why is it important to understand human development in a cultural context?
Can theory and research on culture and development be integrated into an over-arching conceptual framework?
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