Social Actions in the Behavior Streams of American and English Children.

Barker, Roger G.; Barker, Louise S.

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“…Also, American parents used fewer negatives (Shatz 1991) and were considered more nurtur?nt and less indulgent (Devereux et al 1969) than were British parents. British adults have been described as adopting a more dominating style in their interactions with children compared to American adults (Barker & Barker 1963). …”

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“…Researchers studying adult-child interactions across cultures have noted that differences in parenting philosophy are reflected in the speech and behaviour of socializing agents (Barker & Barker 1963, Clancy 1986, Devereux, Bronfenbrenner & Rodgers 1969, Dunn & Brown 1991, Matsumori 1981, Shatz 1991. For example, differing beliefs about generational equality and the nature of individual freedom may be responsible for the finding that American mothers use their modal expressions like can, may and must to refer more to intention and possibility than do German mothers when addressing their young children (Shatz, Grimm, Wilcox & Niemeier-Wind 1989, Shatz 1991.…”

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Mothers' social regulatory language to young children in family settings

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Shatz

1994

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We investigate the language mothers use to regulate social conduct in family settings with their older (4-to 5-year-old) and younger (2-year-old) children. Samples of spontaneous conversations between British mothers and their children were collected over six months. Twenty-five percent of mothers' childdirected speech was social regulatory, with significantly more such language directed to younger children. Although the most common kind of regulatory language directed to both children was imperative mands used prescriptively, our data also suggest permission statements to younger children were used often to restrict activity, whereas permission statements to older children were used largely to permit activity. We discuss results with regard to maternal sensitivity to children's developmental differences, conversational constraints in family settings, and possible cultural influences on speech styles.Acquiring an understanding of status relations and appropriate social conduct is a crucial part of social development. Children learn through interactions with others what behaviours are considered appropriate for people of differential social status. One of the most effective ways of

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Mothers' social regulatory language to young children in family settings

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Shatz

1994

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“…One factor influencing mothers' expressions of social regulation may be the child-rearing values and beliefs about parent-child relations held by the mothers' speech communities. Researchers studying adult-child interactions across cultures have noted that differences in parenting philosophy are reflected in the speech and behaviour of socializing agents (Barker & Barker 1963, Clancy 1986, Devereux, Bronfenbrenner & Rodgers 1969, Dunn & Brown 1991, Matsumori 1981, Shatz 1991. For example, differing beliefs about generational equality and the nature of individual freedom may be responsible for the finding that American mothers use their modal expressions like can, may and must to refer more to intention and possibility than do German mothers when addressing their young children (Shatz, Grimm, Wilcox & Niemeier-Wind 1989, Shatz 1991.…”

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Mothers' social regulatory language to young children in family settings

Halle

Shatz

1994

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We investigate the language mothers use to regulate social conduct in family settings with their older (4to 5-year-old) and younger (2-year-old) children. Samples of spontaneous conversations between British mothers and their children were collected over six months. Twenty-five percent of mothers' childdirected speech was social regulatory, with significantly more such language directed to younger children. Although the most common kind of regulatory language directed to both children was imperative mands used prescriptively, our data also suggest permission statements to younger children were used often to restrict activity, whereas permission statements to older children were used largely to permit activity. We discuss results with regard to maternal sensitivity to children's developmental differences, conversational constraints in family settings, and possible cultural influences on speech styles. * The data on which this study is based were collected by Judy Dunn and Penny Munn. We thank them for making the data available to us. We also wish to thank John Warner and J. E. Keith Smith for helpful statistical advice. This work was supported, m part, by NIH Training Grants 5 T32 HD07109-10 and 5 T32 HD07109-15 to the first author.

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Explorations in ecological psychology.

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1965

American Psychologist

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In this dissertation, the researcher presents the findings of a discourse analytic enquiry on the construction of femininity within a contemporary South African magazine. It is argued that gender is a social construction and that women's magazines provide a channel through which discourse of femininity reaches women. These discourses in women's magazines are often narrow and stereotypical in nature which may limit the development of women's feminine gender identities. A discourse analytic approach was utilised to reveal the different discourses of femininity within a contemporary women's magazines, Cosmopolitan, as well as to indicate how they may contribute to the construction of femininity. From the magazine, relationship-focused articles were selected, from which three predominant discourses of femininity were identified which includes femininity as heterosexual, nurturing, and managerial. An important finding is that competing discourses of empowerment and traditional femininity were evident. This points to the highly complex ways in which gender, specifically femininity, is constructed in the magazine under study.

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Social Actions in the Behavior Streams of American and English Children.

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Mothers' social regulatory language to young children in family settings

Mothers' social regulatory language to young children in family settings

Mothers' social regulatory language to young children in family settings

Explorations in ecological psychology.

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