Lab 4

Social Work 300 Computer Applications in the Social Sciences Ms. McArthur Second semester, MW 4-5:30 February 1, 2009

Do Parents Matter? By Malcolm Gladwell

In the article "Do parents Matter" by Malcolm Gladwell, it talks about the ideas of Judith Rich Harris. Harris believes that children act the way they do not only because of their upbringing by their parents but also by their peers. Her theory was children learn certain things from their parents’ genetics and sight and other things from their peers. Also there was a study done that involve women who put their babies up for adoption.

The Predictors of Parental Use of Corporal Punishment By Andrew Grogan-Kaylor and Melanie Otis

My source came from a journal article. In The Predictors of Parental Use of Corporal Punishment, it has obviously been discovered that no one other than the child suffers from such brutal acts. Corporal Punishment has been in focus for over the past decade. It has been said that when spanking children it is easier to determine how wrong the act was that they had done and how much damage has been done than to measure the damage from the actual punishment given to the child.

On the status of knowledge for using punishment: A Commentary By Robert H. Horner

In this article, it has been said or believed that spanking actually helps us. They help shape us and spankings are an aversive stimuli. In other words they're defined by their ability to evoke or elicit avoidance patterns that result in the response reduction important for defining punishment. This article has also described spanking as a "way of life". Basically spankings are something we have to deal with and they're mandatory and a part of life.

Spanking in Early Childhood and Later Behavior Problems: A Prospective Study of Infants and Young Toddlers By Eric. P Slade and Lawrence S. Wissow This article talked about spanking children before age two years old and how it affected them later on, about four years later when they started school. When children younger than two were spanked, it was found that they had an exceeding number of behavior Problems, and they were in trouble with their Parents constantly as well. The two races that were tested were white, non-Hispanic and they were compared to Hispanics and blacks. The results were that four years later, the white kids experienced difficulties in school and with their Parents, while on the other hand the Hispanics and the blacks had Positive results.

Attitudes towards corporal punishment and reporting of abuse By Emanuel Tirosh, Schlomit Schetcher, Ayala Cohen, and Miachael Jaffe

Pediatricians and Practitioners were interviewed in Israel. Some of whom were Israel natives and some who weren't. Attitudes toward corporal Punishment were the same, in other words based on the Physicians' sex or specialty, their thoughts remained the same. Ironically, the Pediatricians agreed with and believed in corporal Punishment; however the family Practitioners believed the total opposite. They disagreed with corporal Punishment and felt it was wrong. The Israel natives also believed that corporal Punishment should be acted out. The non-Israel natives believed corporal Punishment was wrong and unacceptable.