Development Across Cultures

1. According to Legare and Harris, how do children learn about culture

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Maintenance- Children protest when the puppet fails to perform unnecessary actions
Socially sensitive- When using different measures, overimitation can be seen in many cultures
Demand characteristics- Only including unnecessary actions as the experimenter wants them to copy
Socially selective- Children imitate ingroup behaviour over outgroup
Global Phenomenon- Overimitation is seen in many countries

If a child views a character they identify with in the media, they will internalise this character and believe they are them, changing their behaviour and interests to suit
Children imitation others to an extent where people become uncomfortable and withdraw from the child, shown through observations and self-report techniques
Chimapnzees and children observed a woman opening a puzzle box, the chimapnzee ignored actions that were unimportant, yet the children copied everything, prioritising social conventions over physical causality
When children are given a subject they are interested, they will ignore the interests of others and talk to their peers about it none stop

Methods and Tools- Often developed and validated within a single culture
Negative stereotype- If a child does not fit in with the stages
Biases- Research questions relevant to own cultural experiences, theories confirmed by those who share the same experiences
Ethnocentric- Evaluating other cultures according to customs of one's own culture