PSYC 151 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Socioeconomic Status, Informal Learning, Formal Learning
4 Apr 2017
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Childhood: extends from the end of infancy to just before adolescence, dependent upon culture. Socialization through education: formal vs. informal learning. Formal learning: carried out at an institution, school, outside the context of daily life, explicit and highly structured curriculum. Learning the impact of ones social behavior on others: developing a sense of power. Learning the importance of social norms: developing a sense of competence. Informal learning: picked up through observation and imitation, no defined curriculum, responsibility for learning falls on learner. Socialization agents: family members, africa/south america, males- learn hunting, fishing, navigating through observation and imitation to adult males, females- learn cooking and child care by helping mothers and other women. Begins with puberty: biological changes that prepare body for sexual reproduction. Ending depends on culture: when status changes by a new role played in society and the transition to adulthood begins. In some cultures marked by rites of passage.
