HDFS 229-IMPORTANT CONCEPTS FOR EXAM #3-CHAPTERS 13, 15-17
FALL 1996

CHAPTER 13

gender development
  biological influences
  social influences
  theories
    identification
    social learning
    cognitive-developmental
    gender schema
gender stereotyping/socialization
gender intensification hypothesis
perspectives on gender
  feminist view
  men's issues
gender and minorities

CHAPTER 15

parent-child interactions
family development
  dev. construction views
  changes
  family life cycle
  sociocultural/historical changes
parenting styles
child abuse
siblings
divorce
  models
  important factors
maternal employment
unemployment
culture & ethnicity & the family
mothers & fathers

CHAPTER 16

friends
peer groups
peer relations
friendships
crowds & cliques
play
television
computers

CHAPTER 17

nature of children's schooling
  functions of schools
  changing social contexts
early childhood education
  child-centered
  developmentally appropriate vs. inappropriate
  preschool?
    Effects
  disadvantaged children
transition to elementary school
adolescents' schooling
  transition to middle/junior high
  effective schools
  dropouts
  cross-cultural comparisons