Nsamenang: Social Ontogenesis.pdf

Nsamenang: Social Ontogenesis - human development is partly determined by the social ecology in which the development occurs - Children learn from their peers (interactions) - To understand the development, you need to understand the context PHASES 1. Ceremony of the naming: how the child should bec...

Nsamenang: Social Ontogenesis - human development is partly determined by the social ecology in which the development occurs - Children learn from their peers (interactions) - To understand the development, you need to understand the context PHASES 1. Ceremony of the naming: how the child should become (responsibility on caregiver) The actual name of someone may represent something; hopes for the future Ex: when a child does something wrong, parents use the full name (family meaning, remember who you are, who you represent) Ex: giving a child the name of someone in the family The name has value itself (feeling irritated when someone misspells or mispronounces name) - Ex: Key and Peele’s episode Takes in caregiver’s thinking: people think about children’s name a lot 2. Social priming: adapting to family’s eco-culture (responsibility on caregiver) Family rules enforced with consequences - Western cultures: less weight about consequences, gentle parenting - Ex: no argumenting, using parents’ language Shared context (values) taught through social learning “Getting the rules” 3. Social apprenticing: adapting Family’s values are becoming yours By receiving rewards for following and consequences for not following, the child will adapt “Learning about the rules” 4. Priming: reorganize, understand, rehearse Values are now a part of your identity Ex: if I have to be home at 6pm, then ill organize my activities to be home at 6pm “Organizing thoughts and behaviours about the rules” All phases can occur at any point/stage in life - people are adapting all the time - Emphasis on understanding development within community - People do not develop on their own