1. Chapter 17
Culture and Diversity

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

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

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

6. Poverty
Children and Poverty
Poverty Stats
Ethnicity and Poverty

7. Poverty Guidelines Guidelines for the 48 Contiguous States and the DC
1 $10,830
,570
,310
,050
,790
,530
,270
,010

8. The Risks of Poverty

9. Consequences of Poverty
Relative Poverty
Psychological Effects
Inequities
Countering the Effects of Poverty
(read )

10. 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 )

11. Ethnicity in the U.S.

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

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

14. 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

15. Media Use

16. 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.

17. 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?

18. 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?