FRHD 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Heritage Canada, Acculturation, Critical Period

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1010
• Professor: Susan Chuang

Document Summary

Where were you born? ie: if you were born in another countries you may have disadvantages or advantages: development over time, multidirectional- goes in multiple two ways. You affect the environment the environment affects you: critical period: must- this starts at premarital. If something doesn"t happen at a certain time it is lost: sensitive: ideal time. (ie: being neglected at birth) it is ideal to be not neglected but it does not stop you from seeing, or acting. It is easier to learn a language when you are small as it is ideal but it is still possible to learn the language. Bronfenbrenner: ecological-systems approach: all about relationships; what relationships a child will have throughout life: (1) micro (child- parent) (2) meso (child-parent, child-teacher) (3) exo (neighbourhoods)- external outside, dorms (guelph) (4) macro (culture) Chrono- (time) outside the circle of these 4 relationships.