PSYC 2450 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Psychological Abuse, Demography Of The United States, Mary Main

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2450
• Professor: Heidi Bailey

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Socialization: process by which children acquire the beliefs, motives, values, and behaviors deemed significant and appropriate by the older members of their society. Family is considered the primary instrument of socialization. Family: two or more personas related by birth, marriage, adoption, or choise who have emotional ties and responsibilities to each other. Family social system: complex network of relationships interactions, and patterns of influence that characterizes a family with three of more members. Social system: an institution that both influences and is influenced by its young. Most important function that all families serve in all societies is. Reciprocal influence: infant"s smile is likely to be greeted by the mothers smile and vice versa. Traditional nuclear family: family unit consisting of a wife/mother, a husband/father, and their dependent child or children. Cooparenting: circumstance in which parents mutually support each other and functions as a cooperative parenting team.