SUBJECT

Socialization in the Family

lecture

master

Faculty of Education and Psychology

2

Semester 2

Spring semester

Aim of the course:

The course summarizes the current approaches, research methods and results relating to the socialisation process in the family on the basis of both international literature and trends and results in Hungary. The course also covers the impact of social, ecological and cultural changes on socialisation in the family as well as methods of prevention and intervention.

Learning outcome, competences

knowledge:

• know about approaches to the socialisation process in the family, research methods and results of projects, the international literature and the latest trends and results in Hungarian research
• be able to thoroughly understand and analyze the difficulties of family socialization
• be able to cooperate constructively with other experts in order to improve the quality of family socialisation

attitude:

• tolerant and open attitude to socialization strategies of different cultures and subcultures
• interest

skills:

• be able to thoroughly understand and analyze the difficulties of family socialization
• be able to cooperate constructively with other experts in order to improve the quality of family socialisation
• be able to analyze personal developmental, criticism and support of methodological innovations by using their knowledge of psychology

Content of the course

Topics of the course

• Socialisation process: historical and contemporary theoretical approaches of socialisation;

• The aims, agents, means and results of socialisation

• Socialisation in the family

• Family systems approach to socialisation
• Determinants of family socialisation strategies
• Influences of the macro system on family socialisation
• The impact of social and ecological changes on family socialization
• The possibilities of prevention and intervention
• Methodological issues in family socialisation

Learning activities, learning methods

Evaluation of outcomes

Learning requirements, mode of evaluation, criteria of evaluation:

requirements

• active participation on interactive lectures
• profound knowledge on the topics of the course

mode of evaluation: ……exam essay…….

criteria of evaluation:

• profound knowledge on the topics of the course

Compulsory reading list

• Hadjar, A., Baier, D., Boehnke, K. (2008). The socialization of hierarchic self-interest: Value socialization in the family. Young, 16(3), 279–301
• McDowell, D. J., & Parke, R. D. (2005). Parental control and affect as predictors of children’s display rule use and social competence with peers. Social Development, 14, 440–457
• Parke, R.D. (2004) Development in the family. Annual Review of Psychology, 55, 365-399
• Thomas, K. A., Tessler, R. C. (2007). Bicultural socialization among adoptive families: Where there is a will, there is a way. Journal of Family Issues, 28(9), 1189-1219
• Tsushima, T., Gecas, V.(2001). Role taking and socialization in single-parent families. Journal of Family Issues, 22, 267-288

Recommended reading list

• Baker, J. K., Fenning, R. M., Keith A. Crnic, K. A. (2011) Emotion Socialization by mothers and fathers: Coherence among behaviors and associations with parent attitudes and children’s social competence. Social Development, 20(2), 412-430
• Klimes-Dougan, B., Brand, A. E., Zahn-Waxler, C., Usher, B., Hastings, P. D., Kendziora, K. (2007) Social Development, (2), 326-342
• Zahn-Waxler, C. (2010). Socialization of emotion: Who influences whom and how? In A Kennedy Root & S. Denham (Eds.), The role of gender in the socialization of emotion: Key concepts and critical issues. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 128, 101–109. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.