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social science subjects > sociology > sociology of health, illness and the body > body (sociology) > childhood
social science subjects > sociology > anthropology > cultural/social anthropology > childhood
... > social science subjects > sociology > family studies > motherhood encyc > motherhood and family > childhood
... > social science subjects > psychology > social psychology > interpersonal relationships > human relationships > family studies > motherhood encyc > motherhood and family > childhood
... > social science subjects > sociology > social interaction > human relationships > family studies > motherhood encyc > motherhood and family > childhood
... > social science subjects > sociology > social theory > micro-interactionist theory > social interaction > human relationships > family studies > motherhood encyc > motherhood and family > childhood
social science subjects > sociology > sociology of education > peer and social influences > childhood
... > social science subjects > education > education studies > sociology of education > peer and social influences > childhood

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childhood  

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  • For most of the 20th century, anthropologists relied on theories from psychiatry and psychology to set the frameworks and questions for their studies of children, childhood, and socialization. Margaret Mead demonstrated this approach in her early work by calling for anthropologists to use their field sites as laboratories for putting Western theories of child training and personality development to the ethnographic test. [Source: Theory in Social and Cultural Anthropology: An Encyclopedia; Childhood]

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