Kinship Systems and Family Groups

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Kinship Systems and Family Groups

• Primary and Secondary Groups

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Primary Groups

• Small
• Face-to-face interaction
• Contain norms of conduct
• Are solidarisitc
• Can include family, groups of friends and/or work
  groups

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Secondary Groups

• Larger than primary groups
• Each member does not directly interact with every
  other.
• Some are associations or clubs
• Shared sense of corporate existence
• Identifiable normative system

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Family

• Household a group of individuals living under
  one roof and usually under one head
• The basic unit in society traditionally
  consisting of two parents rearing their own or
  adopted children
• Any of various social units differing from but
  regarded as equivalent to the traditional family
• Clan a group of persons of common ancestry

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Nuclear family

• A family group that consists only of father,
  mother, and children

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Extended Family

• A family that includes in one household near
  relatives in addition to a nuclear family

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Three families

• Nuclear
• Extended
• Culture and community

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What boys need

• Structure
• Discipline
• Wisdom

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What Girls Need

• A web of intimate relationships
• Recognition of her identity
• Autonomy
• Conversation
• To be feminine

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Culture

• Collective noun for the symbolic and learned,
  non-biological aspects of human society
• Can include language, custom and convention
• These distinguish human behavior from that of
  other animals

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Biology

• A branch of knowledge that deals with living
  organisms and vital processes
• Examines the physiology of living organisms

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Biological and Cultural Imperatives

• When is behavior biological?
• When is behavior cultural?

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Male and Female Hormones

• The role of biology in culture
• What is testosterone?
• What is estrogen?
• What is progesterone?
• What role do these play in the development of
  children?

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Psychological Theory Piaget

• Sensorimotor stage birth to age 2
• Preoperational stage 2 to 7
• Concrete operational stage 7 to 12
• Formal operational stage 12 to 15

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Sociological Theory Symbolic Interaction

• What is the self-society relationship in
  childrens development?
• How do children socialize their role in society?
  (primary and secondary groups)
• What is the connection between children and the
  symbols they internalize?
• What is the connection between communication and
  action?