31 Aug Social Change within Developmental Psychology
Discussion2: Social Change within Developmental Psychology
Throughout this course,you may have gravitated to certain stages of development and certain research topics.Perhaps you found cognitive development during early childhood particularlyappealing. Perhaps you are interested in the process of identity developmentduring adolescence and the influence of culture. Maybe you want to learn moreabout how older adults cope with Alzheimers disease. There are endlessquestions and endless opportunities to affect change, improve humandevelopment, and positively impact the overall quality of life.
Take your curiositiesand interests a step further and generate some ideas for positive social changein those areas. Do not limit yourself to what your current resources orcapacities are; if you had ample resources at your disposal, what would youwant to do to affect positive social change?
To prepare for thisDiscussion:
Review the WaldenUniversity Social Change website and explore the possibilities for positivesocial change.
Think about a researchtopic that involves lifespan development and how it could contribute topositive social change.
TomD (Thisis my submission)
RE: Discussion 2 – Week 11
Familism is the prospect of prioritizing family members, values,and structures. Its values guide the growth and development of children throughvarious life stages concerning family commitments. Parents take differentapproaches to raise their children in determining their personalities andqualities. According to Stein et al. (2014), children’s enlightenment onfamilism positively affects their behavior and attitude in their adolescence.The attachment and priority of family values and recognition abide them to apositive attitude and good behaviors. People who uphold familism exhibitrespect and compassion for society and family values.
Parent’s preferences and attitude towards traditional and moderneducation affects the perspective of children towards learning. Their measureof intelligence is based on abilities to complete home-based and culturaltasks. Research in Zanzibar and Kenya indicated that most parents are morecompassionate of children with traditional skills and techniques. They showlove and enjoy the company of children who can aid them with home dutiesdespite their school performance (Sternberg, 2014). Children out to focus moreon the traditional skills and education to match their parents’ will and as ashow of familism.
Parental care also determines the personal definition of socialjustice. People embedded in the principle of familism presume social justice asequality based on family hierarchy and roles. They perceive that parentshave more rights and authority over their children. They also perceivefirstborns as leadership figures who have more authority over the siblings. Thementality of respectable family structures develops respect for leaders andauthorities in future encounters (Russell, 2015). Their behavior and characterin society aim at upholding and recognizing the existing social patterns andhierarchies.
Familism can be utilized to bring positive behaviors andapproaches to society. The commitment and attachment to family structures andprinciples can be used to rectify the behaviors of children from childhood.Parents can train their children on core social values such as hard work,compassion, and peace to create a better society. It can also be essential inpromoting social justice by developing compassion and the obligation ofensuring equity in the distribution of resources (Russell, 2015). Therespectable figures in family structures can be utilized to ensure equitabledistribution with the satisfaction of the society.
References
Sternberg, R. J. (2014). Thedevelopment of adaptive competence: Why cultural psychology is necessary andnot just nice. Developmental Review, 34(3), 208-224.
Russell, S. T. (2015). Humandevelopmental science for social justice. Research in Human Development, 12(3-4), 274-279.
Stein, GL, Cupito, AM, Mendez,JL, Prandoni, J., Huq, N., & Westerberg, D. (2014). Familism through adevelopmental lens. Journal of Latina / o Psychology , 2 (4), 224.
Dr. TM
RE: Discussion 2 – Week 11
Hi Tom and class, (Pleasewrite 275 response to my instructors question)
I enjoyed reading your comments aboutfamilism, Tom, and how you wove your discussion in with the concept of socialjustice. In terms of your own actions in relation to this topic, what are somespecific actions you could take to bring about social change?
