Readings in Child Socialization

The Commonwealth and International Library: Readings in Sociology

K. Danziger

• Publisher: Pergamon
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN: 9780080068817
• eBook ISBN: 9781483137704
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Anthropology
• Index: Social Sciences

Readings in Child Socialization reviews some of the most important findings in child socialization and covers topics ranging from achievement motivation and parental behavior to maternal retrospection, mother-infant interaction, and children's attitudes to theft. Interaction in families with a schizophrenic child is also explored, along with identification and imitation in children; the taking of adult roles in middle childhood; social origins of elaborated and restricted codes; and the problem of identification with the father. This book is comprised of 14 chapters and opens by discussing three currents of thought that stimulated the empirical investigation of socialization: the learning approach, the positivist tradition, and Sigmund Freud's ideas. The following chapters explore the child's learning of adult role behavior; the role of parents in the child's achievement motivation; and the effects of sex of the dominant parent on sex-role preference, identification, and imitation in children. The influence of marital integration on parent-child relations is also examined, along with the direction of effects in studies of socialization. This monograph will be a useful resource for sociologists, social scientists, and child psychologists.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Readings in Child Socialization
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. The Taking of Adult Roles in Middle Childhood*
• Chapter 3. Two Origins of Achievement Motivation*
• Chapter 4. A Developmental Study of the Effects of Sex of the Dominant Parent on Sexrole Preference, Identification, and Imitation in Children
• Chapter 5. Interaction in Families With a Schizophrenic Child
• Chapter 6. Marital Integration as a Factor in Parent-Child Relations
• Chapter 7. Children's Attitudes to Theft
• Chapter 8. Elaborated and Restricted Codes: Their Social Origins and Some Consequences
• Chapter 9. An Experimental Contribution to the Problem of Identification with the Father
• Chapter 10. Pancultural Factors of Parental Behavior in Sicily and the United States
• Chapter 11. Child Representation in Contemporary French Urban Society
• Chapter 12. Reliability of Maternal Retrospection: A Preliminary Report
• Chapter 13. Sex, Age, and State as Determinants of Mother-Infant Interaction
• Chapter 14. A Reinterpretation of the Direction of Effects in Studies of Socialization
• Biographical Notes