Anthropology Vs Psychology : Anthropology Versus Psychology

To have a universal category of Childhood, all first hand and second hand experiences of Childhood must be the same to a certain degree. The term “universal” demands that all definitions and takes on the term must be the same without any equivocation. The interest in the concept of Childhood in terms of Sociology has increased massively since the 1980’s (Mayall 2002, James et al. 1998, Prout 2000, Lee 2001). Many Sociologists have analysed Childhood not only in contemporary terms but also how Childhood has been understood throughout history and across cultures. This research has led many to the conclusion that Childhood differs greatly throughout these variables and the concept has

Childhood is a biological and temporal period: In Ailwood, Boyd & Theobald (2016) states childhood is a phase of the dependence of basic needs as well as a period of biological growth. Age also has a factor in the view of childhood as Lassonde (cited in Ailwood, Boyd & Theobald 2016, p. 36) states age as ‘an important framework for assessing the capacities, rights, and obligations of children’. Historically childhood, as considered from birth to five years as children were considered not to have contributed to the ‘adult world’ (Ailwood, Boyd & Theobald

Psychology is a discipline that involves monitoring mental processes and behaviour scientifically. Psychologists try to delve into the basic functions of a person and animals cerebral activity. This usually involves studying relationships, emotions, personality and many more areas of a person or animals day to day life. Psychology tends to steer towards finding reasons for a person or animals actions in an attempt to resolve them.

Our childhood plays a significant role in defining the kind of person that we become and the type of life that we live.

My mom and her boyfriend at the time, would continue to argue nearly every day. It got to the point, to where I tried running away from the apartment multiple times, of course, I never succeeded. At the age of 10 I experienced fighting between my dad and step-mom. In the beginning I thought it was only a 1-time thing. But as it continued, I realized it wasn’t. Me, having to deal with fighting before, stepped- in to break up the fight to protect my siblings. The fights were always verbal, but I didn’t want my siblings to witness what I have had to many times before. I would take my siblings downstairs, my little sister being 3 years younger than me, and my brother by 10 years. I hoped it would at least help them, instead of developing a corrupted

Children are affected by everything around them. They are small sponges waiting to absorb all the information they can. What happens to children when they are faced with traumatic incidences? There are many possible outcomes, but the outcome that is always hoped for is resiliency. When a child cane become resilient to their past, they have a greater likelihood of developing loving relationships later in life.

“Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them.” This quote from Mitch Albom along with these short stories shows how everyone can be effected by the time period when a child reaches the point in their life when they start understanding how to handle and comprehend some important thig ns and transitions in their lives.

The article discusses how that adversity and harsh conditions during the early childhood can have strong psychological effects that can harm an individual causing throughout their life. The article discusses how early environmental influences can affect an individual’s learning abilities as well as having a permanent effect on the individual’s adult behavior.

No matter what form (physical, sexual, verbal, etc.) it comes in, abuse takes a major toll on a child’s development. First of all, their childhood, or a child’s time of innocence, is completely ripped away from them. Even though, “childhood should be carefree, playing in the sun; not living a nightmare in the darkness of the soul” (Pelzer 98). Every time I think back to what my childhood should have been like, this quote flashes in my mind like a blinking neon sign.

The childhood of an individual can be very crucial in the formation of the child’s character, personality, and future social behavior. The early experiences a child is exposed to may impact the child in a positively or negatively manner. Children exposed to traumatic childhood experiences such as emotional, physical, and sexual abuse; emotion and physical neglect; and household dysfunction such as incarcerated member of the household, domestic violence, and substance abuse; will result in criminal behavior in adolescence and/or adulthood.

To go through a traumatic experience as a child could have either a positive or negative affect on their life. If a child goes through

Dr. Jeanne Brooks (2015) stated that there are large amounts stress that is continuous and can become a traumatic experience to a child. Stressful reaction produce chemicals that can negatively impact neurological development. Some events that can traumatize a person some of these are: divorce, death, abuse/neglect, disasters, accidents, and illness (Brooks, 2015). There are many factors concerning how trauma affect a person and there spirituality can help in managing them along with some other form of therapy. According to Brooks (2015), children are said to be resilient and they are able to overcome traumatic events with little and sometime no impact. Traumatic events that occur early in a person’s life has an important impact on the development

According to all eight interviews, it was clear all participants had experiences in childhood where their environment was “unsafe”. In this theme, participants had unstable family dynamics and boundary violations. Unstable family relations effects a person negatively such as separation, divorce, and isolation. Other elements of family disturbance can cause damage too like, physical abuse, sexual abuse, witnessing abuse, and verbal abuse. A child who has their boundaries violated can cause mistrust, especially if it is family. “Boundaries are defined as invisible limits surrounding an individual; they protect the integrity of a person and when these boundaries are violated, the sense of protection and comfort is lost” (Ntshingila 2016). Once

Thinking of the word childhood, what comes to mind? Is it happiness, laughter, or maybe endless possibilities? These are the thoughts that should come to mind of a person who has had a normal to semi-normal childhood. Like everything in this world, there are always different vantage points or perspectives. For those who view the world from the other side of the fence; these thoughts are the less than perfect characterizations of the word. Childhood is abandonment, one being alone and a constant state of anger.

As a child, you experience many things that are either good or bad. Some of these things can affect the way you act and live. The good things can make you act happy, while the bad things can make you and your life very negative. As the famous poet Maya Angelou once said: “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” What she meant by this was is depending on how you interact with someone, that someone will emotionally and mentally be affected by it in the future. It’s like if you were abusive to your kids. In the future, your kids will end up being mean to their kids just because of what you did to them.