Describe briefly Philippe Aries' findings with regard to the concept of childhood
What will be an ideal response?
In Western civilization the concept of childhood as a separate phase of life was unknown until the late 1600s. Earlier children were treated as small adults, with expectations similar to those of adults as far as possible. At puberty, young people were usually married, often to spouses to whom they had been promised in infancy.
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Which statement reflects the response of the executive director of the Virginia Commission on Mental Health Reform when asked about the mentally ill shooter in the Virginia Tech massacre?
a. “Guns must be controlled.” b. “College is very stressful.” c. “He was a stranger to himself.” d. “The system doesn’t work very well.”
Breault, Hampton, and Brown conceptualized the control variable population change as a measurement of social integration
a. true b. false
Piaget suggested that some children move through the stages of cognitive development more quickly than others
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Sociologist William Julius Wilson suggests the cause of poverty lies in ________
a. a lower-class culture of poverty. b. lack of government action. c. too few available jobs. d. bad public schools.