SOCPSY 3ZZ3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Object Permanence, Interpersonal Communication, Ethnography

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Social Psychology
• Course: SOCPSY 3ZZ3
• Professor: sarahclancy

Document Summary

Deterministic models: speci c focus of structural functionalism and reproductive theories. View children as passive with behaviour regulated and created through careful training. If they are not trained they can be seen as being problematic: main concept of appropriation which is trained to become a competent and contributing member of society. View them as just becoming contributing members of society: adultcentric. Role of child through the norms and values learned through the adults in their lives. Parsons says, children need proper training and control so they are not a threat to society by not booming contributing members to maintain equilibrium: families begin training or socialization process in early years. Wednesday, september 20, 2017: class-based model instead of biology model. Reproduction of class differences and inequalities throughout generations: focus on the advantages enjoyed by those with greater access to cultural resources.