Co-Sleep Research Paper

Humans are very dependent on a complex language system. Humans that communicate effectively are more likely to produce surviving offspring. People’s ability to discriminate among different sounds could be a sensitive period. Humans can recognize up to 150 phonemes in communication, no language uses more than 70. This means that many phonemes that are used in various languages around the world are not used in other languages. People are not able to discriminate easily between some phonemes that are not in their own language. For example, a Japanese speaking adult may have a hard time speaking English, the words “rubber” and “lover” may sound the same due to the difference in la’s and ra’s.
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2. If humans are biologically prepared …show more content…
I believe infants become very dependent on their parents if they co-sleep, whereas if they do not co-sleep the child will gain a sense of independence. If an infant co-sleeps with their mother they will form a stronger bond, but this will be upset when their mom is not around. Many cultures believe if you do not let your children sleep with you than you don’t love them or care for them. However, if an infant has their own room I believe this creates an independence. They will not think they need to be around their mother all the time like infants that co-sleep with their mothers.
5. What are some trade-offs with strict parenting across cultures?
In general, children are less happy with strongly controlling parents and this effect is found across many cultures. Strict and controlling parenting can lead to many kinds of negative outcomes in Western cultures, whereas non-Western cultures it appears to be associated with increased family cohesion and improved grades but less-happy children. There are trade-offs involved in parenting-styles, it is based off whether strict and controlling parenting will deter negative outcomes overall depending on what values a culture prioritizes.
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