Cross cultural approach to acquisition of sex roles and social standards (TEFC)

United States, 1976

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Episode of Series “Development of the Child”.
The culturally diverse settings of Guatemala, Kenya and Japan focus on the basic mechanisms by which social standards and sex role orientations are acquired. Children are shown learning by the mechanisms of observation, imitation, praise and punishment.

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Credits

director

Glen Howard

production company

Bay State Film Productions

Harper & Row

writer

Jerome Kagan

Duration

00:23:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1976

Appears in

Development of the Child

Group of items

Development of the Child

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

000084

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Children - Guatemala - Social life and customs

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Children - Japan - Social life and customs

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Guatemala

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Japan

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Kenya

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Personality and culture

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Cultural relativism

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social structure

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Child development

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Children - Guatemala - Social life and customs

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Children - Japan - Social life and customs

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Gender roles in children

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Personality and culture

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Personality development

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Sex differences

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Behaviorism (Psychology)

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Child development

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Personality and culture

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Personality development

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Psychology

Short films → Short films - United States

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Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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