To complete Module 6 read Chapter 6, answer 5 website questions, and complete the reflection in the discussion forum.

1. http://home.navisoft.com/aapa/aca.htm
   
   Document: Adult Children of Alcoholics
   
   Notice that the researcher focuses on the environment in which children of alcoholics are raised and their reaction to that environment? What are two or three characteristics of the “alcoholic” environment?
   
   
2. http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/aa18.htm
   
   Document: The Genetics of Alcoholism
   
   Although “The Genetics of Alcoholism” begins by acknowledging the importance of the environment, it focuses on the genetic component. Why do researchers do genetic research? What research design did the scientists use to study the genetic component? Instead of identifying one factor as the cause, perhaps we should consider a third possibility: that both genetics and environment interact in a complex way to “create” the alcoholic. Can you think of an example of an arguement that incorporates both factors?
   
   
3. http://www.cyfc.umn.edu/Adoptinfo/institutionalization.html
   
   Document: The Long-Term Effects of Institutionalization on the Behavior of Children from Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
   
   What are the characteristics of institutional life that affect children’s emotional, psychological, and behavioral development?
   
   
4. http://www.saed.kent.edu/Architronic/v2n2/v2n2.05.html
   
   Document: Ritual and Monument
   
   How do rituals and monuments help to facilitate the socialization process? With regard to the design of the National Vietnam Memorial, what response did the architect hope to evoke in those who view it?
   
   
5. http://www.psych.med.umich.edu/web/aacap/factsFam/fmlymove.htm
   
   Document: Children and Family Moves
   
   What actions can parents take to reduce the stress of moving for children?
   
   
6. http://199.179.0.150/leb/aug963.txt
   
   Document: Graffiti: Taking a Closer Look
   
   How does “graffiti” and police response to “graffiti” illustrate the “us” versus “them” dynamics of ingroup - outgroup relations? How does the example of “graffiti” illustrate the role of symbols in heightening loyalty amoung ingroup and outgroup members?
   
   
7. http://199.179.0.150/leb/aug963.txt
   
   Document: Graffiti: Taking a Closer Look
   
   What strategy does the Virginia Beach Police Department use to develop understanding between children and officers and to promote constructive relations?
   
   
8. http://www.law.pitt.edu/hibbitts/re_mem.htm
   
   Document: Re-membering Law: Legal Gesture in the Past, Present, and Future
   
   Hibbitts states that legal gestures serve at least eight broad functions. Which two functions do you consider to be the most interesting? What is an example of a gesture that illustrates each function?
   
   
9. http://www.exnet.iastate.edu/Pages/families/nncc/Child.Dev/intel.dev.todd.html
   
   Document: Intellectual Development of Toddlers
   
   http://www.exnet.iastate.edu/pages/families/nncc/Curriculum/play.activities.html
   
   Document: PlayActivities for Children Birth to Nine Years
   
   What examples can you locate of activities that would be appropriate for children in the preparatory stage? The play stage? The game stage? At what age are children likely to pretend to be significant others? When do children begin acting around the concept of a generalized other?
   
   
10. http://www.unige.ch/piaget/biog.html
    
    Document: Jean Piaget Archives: Biography
    
    At what age did Jean Piaget publish his first scientific paper? What role to Piaget play in the development of the IQ texts?
    
    
11. http://www.shore.net/~tcfraser/blurblst.htm
    
    Document: Blurbs from the BigBook: Chapter 5
    
    What are the key features of AA’s resocialization program? What is the “spiritual” component of this resocialization program?
    
    
12. http://www.unicef.org/graca/kidsoldi.htm
    
    Document: Children at Both Ends of the Gun
    
    What qualities of the military camps make them total institutions?
    
    
13. http://washington.xtn.net/~author/news.htm
    
    Document: News from the Front Lines of Hospice Care
    
    What did Baumrucker learn about Mr. G that helped him become a more effective physician to his patient?