Configurative Culture
As the text suggest, Western societies have moved away from the slow or old style traditional prosfigurative culture, where skills are passed along from generation to generation. The configurative culture is the primary Western culture- where the adolescent will listen to the parent, but they make their own decisions and more likely take the advice of their peers. With the configurative culture, kills and values are no longer only transmitted in one direction from the older to the youth.
Margaret Mead's research indicated that the development of the digital revolution would bring change. The prefigurative culture would bring this due to social and technical increase. Mead stated that the younger generation would now be teaching the older generation, including both parents and grand-parents, the necessary skills to possess the knowledge that is needed today. This obviously affected the relationship between the adult more than the child because the adult was used to the traditional prosfigurative culture. The adult no longer controls access to information due to the revolution of smart phones, computers, and tablets. Newspapers and books are now a thing of the past. Some adults, like my grandmother, like the old approach., and to …show more content…
However, I agree with the text that this term has a different meaning now. The text is correct when it describes that older but wiser now means past and out of touch. I can confirm this because I myself had to teach my parents how to use and keep up with the technology in today's society. An example would be the use of social media, including Facebook and Twitter. My mother, who last used a typewriter to write letters, had to be taught how to use a computer. It took time, but she eventually learned and accepted that it wasn't 1980 anymore. I disagree with the saying "You can't teach a dog new tricks," I believe that you can if they are willing to
Margaret Mead's research indicated that the development of the digital revolution would bring change. The prefigurative culture would bring this due to social and technical increase. Mead stated that the younger generation would now be teaching the older generation, including both parents and grand-parents, the necessary skills to possess the knowledge that is needed today. This obviously affected the relationship between the adult more than the child because the adult was used to the traditional prosfigurative culture. The adult no longer controls access to information due to the revolution of smart phones, computers, and tablets. Newspapers and books are now a thing of the past. Some adults, like my grandmother, like the old approach., and to …show more content…
However, I agree with the text that this term has a different meaning now. The text is correct when it describes that older but wiser now means past and out of touch. I can confirm this because I myself had to teach my parents how to use and keep up with the technology in today's society. An example would be the use of social media, including Facebook and Twitter. My mother, who last used a typewriter to write letters, had to be taught how to use a computer. It took time, but she eventually learned and accepted that it wasn't 1980 anymore. I disagree with the saying "You can't teach a dog new tricks," I believe that you can if they are willing to