Sociology - Families & Households - Childhood

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Which Sociologist claims that childhood is socially constructed?
Wagg - Childhood as a social construction
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Which Sociologist claims that childhood is influenced by culture and industrialisation?
Benedict - Children Across Cultures (Industrial & Non-Industrial societies)
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Which Sociologist claims that childhood has changed over time?
Aries - Centuries of Childhood (Children as small adults during the middle ages))
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Which Sociologist claims that childhood is disappearing?
Postman - The disappearance of childhood (and the information hierarchy)
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Which Sociologist claims that childhood is changing?
Jenks - Postmodernism & Childhood
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Which Sociologist claims that childhood is a Western concept?
Pilcher - The Western Notion of Childhood
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How Does Benedict say that industrial societies differ from non-industrial societies?
1. In non-industrial societies children take on responsibility at a younger age. 2. There is less emphasis placed on children being obedient to adult authority. 3. Children's sexuality is often viewed differently.
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True or False: Wagg claims that childhood isn't natural
True
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True or False: Aries said in paintings children were depicted as little adults
True
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True or False: Postman say that childhood is evolving and changing
False, this was Jenks
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True or False: Postman says children are given less rights than adults
False, he says they have equal rights
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True or False: Jenks is a Postmodernist
True
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True or False: Jenks said society is no longer child focused and it is becoming orientated elsewhere
False, he said it is child orientated and this is a change
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True or False: Pilcher said that the modern idea of childhood is separateness
True
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What does Pilcher say about life stages and childhood?
She says that childhood is viewed as a distinct and separate stage of life from adulthood.
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What does Wagg say about universal childhood?
He states that it doesn't exist, there is no single childhood experience that everyone gets.
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What evidence was there to support Benedict's ideas on taking on responsibility at an early age?
Holmes - Samoan village: children were never ‘too young’ to complete a task such as handling dangerous tools or carrying heavy loads.
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What evidence was there to support Benedict's ideas on obedience to adult authority?
Firth - Tikopia tribe: Children do not have to do what their parents say.
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What evidence was there to support Benedict's ideas on children’s sexual behaviour often viewed differently?
Malinowski - Trobiand Islanders: adults took an interested attitude towards the sexual exploration of children.
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What is meant by the globalisation of western childhood?
Western notions of childhood are being globalised. According to the West child hood should be happy and not involve labour.
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