PS276 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Cultural Capital, Social Capital
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Not until adolescence do people begin to evaluate their occupational choices. Puberty intensifies the differences between males and females and one impact of this makes individuals think about what is appropriate achievement related behaviour for each of the sexes. Prominence of achievement related issues related to advent of more sophisticated forms of thinking. Parents who encourage school success set higher standards for school performance and homework. Parents and adolescents expectations influence each other so adolescents whose parents expect a lot come to expect a lot of themselves. Parents who encourage school success structure home environment to support academic pursuits. Parents who encourage success more likely to be involved in child s education. Extreme permissiveness associated wit higher rates of dropping out. Cultural capital: exposing adolescent to art, music, literature etc exerts positive impact on achievement. Intelligence has genetic component but school performance highly influenced by environmental factors. Stress at home spills over into school life.
