Tokyo And Japanese Case Study

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1. What baby did you choose?
a. The baby I chose was Baby Mari from Tokyo.
2. Where did the children grow up?
a. The child grew up in Japan, Tokyo.
3. Describe the ecology around them (for example, two parent household? 1 parent? What social class? What are their communities like?
a. The child is being care by both of the parents. Also, the social class of the child seems to be middle class family. In Tokyo, it seems that applying skills to the child is important rather than being competitive with other kids. The places that the mom went with the Mari it was a group work. Their communities work on groups for the well-being of the child. The movies showed that in Tokyo there are many people and a lot of traffic.
4. What socialization processes did the baby’s family
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Mari went to the day care and was help to put a sticker on a paper.
d. Mari went to the mall to shop and there were many toys around her.
e. She went to the zoo and saw many times of animals.
f. Mari was in a park where she was let by herself, so she can learn to walk.
7. How was the baby’s mesosystem different from the other babies?
a. Mari was born in Tokyo where she only learned that language. The other kids learn their native language which was different from Mari.
b. The setting of the school was different from the house setting. For example, in the house, Mari was able to play by herself and she didn’t have to share her toy with anyone. In the day care, she learned that there are rules and norms that need to be followed.
c. There was a different when interacting with other children. Mari was getting mad at another girl in the park because she was touching the playground area.
8. What can you interpret about the baby’s Macrosystem?
a. Mari’s culture requires for the child to be clean.
b. The parents of Mari were permissive. The parents let Mari play with papers and CDs and her parents didn’t say anything.
c. The dad was talking on the phone and was just moving the rattle on the face of

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