Chapter 17 Culture and Diversity

Culture Culture: behavior, patterns, beliefs and all other products of a particular group of people that are passed on from generation to generation.

Ethnocentrism Cross-Cultural Studies Individualism Collectivism Culture and Parents’ Values for Children

SES Socioeconomic Status: grouping of people with similar occupational, educational and economic characteristics. SES Links

Poverty Children and Poverty Poverty Stats Ethnicity and Poverty

Poverty Guidelines Guidelines for the 48 Contiguous States and the DC 1 $10,830 2 14,570 3 18,310 4 22,050 5 25,790 6 29,530 7 33,270 8 37,010

The Risks of Poverty

Consequences of Poverty Relative Poverty Psychological Effects Inequities Countering the Effects of Poverty (read 513-514)

Immigration and Ethnicity Ethnicity: dimension of a culture based on cultural heritage, nationality, race, religion and language. Social Stressors Acculturation The Future Differences and Diversity (read pages 517-518)

Ethnicity in the U.S.

Prejudice and Discrimination Prejudice: Unjustified negative attitude toward an individual because of their membership in a group. Discrimination

Resilience Definition- the ability to recover easily from misfortune or change

Culture of Technology Read pages 520-526 Media Use vs. Parents TV and Social Skills TV and Violence TV and Language Development TV and Cognitive Development

Media Use

Computers and the Internet The internet is a wonderful source of information, communication, but there are negative aspects and potential dangers. 1. Easy access to inappropriate sexual material, instructions for making bombs, drugs, etc. 2. Parents don’t have an accurate picture of what their children are really doing on the internet. 3. Children may give out too much information online, may be too young to grasp the dangers of communicating with strangers online. 4. Big Timewaster (for children and adults): takes away from time spent in actual relationships (family, friends), takes time away from academics, physical activity.

Study Guide Know the definitions from the Chapter. Be able to list some examples of individualistic behaviors vs. collectivist behaviors. What is SES, and what are some SES links? What are the US stats on poverty? What is the link between ethnicity and poverty, and what is responsible for that? How does poverty affect children? What are poverty’s inequities, what are the psychological effects of poverty? How does your text suggest we counter the effects of poverty? What are some social stressors faced by immigrants? What do researchers predict for the future ethnic makeup of the US?

Study Guide (cont.) How do children in the US experience discrimination (be able to list some examples)? Know the three sources of resilience, and be able to list examples of each. What does research say about the following: Media use vs. parent-child interaction, TV vs. cognitive/social/language development, TV and violence, TV and prosocial internet use by children. How much time do children spend in a variety of activities during the day? What are the four big concerns regarding internet use by children?