Saturday, September 1, 2012

Class Notes (The Study of Childhood)

Here are the note main points from Fridays class: August 31, 2012. If anyone would like a copy of the notes, I typed them up and can send them through email.



  1.  Based on infant mortality decreasing and wealth increasing, childhood became its own distinct category, something more focused on. 
  2. Religion, economics and education are the fields that affected the notion of childhood concepts.
  3. Hobbes believed that human traits were inherited. 
  4. DNA research and other modern day research has now made Hobbes more respected with support from the scientific community. 
  5. We’re not predisposed to any kind of language. 
  6. Children imitate what we say. Babies recognize modulation.
  7. Gendered languages are hard to differentiate versus gender neutral languages.
  8. Gendered languages are hard to differentiate versus gender neutral languages.



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  1. Dr GSeptember 7, 2012 at 7:52 AM

    Thanks, Stanisha for these notes.

    It's important to emphasize that "childhood," as the category we now commonly understand, didn't exist until about 250 years ago, and much of how we understand childhood was shaped by industrialization. Also, that the meaning of childhood, as well as what it means to be young, is shaped and determined by each generation.

    The social forces that affect 21st century understanding are significantly different than even 50 years ago, when the word "teenager" was invented.

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