CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

CONCEPT OF SOCIALISATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The three distinct characteristics of a total institution include all of these except one:
A
Staff members supervise all spheres of daily life.
B
Staff members encourage the maintenance of individuality, and encourage creativity.
C
Food, sleeping quarters and activities are standardized.
D
Formal rules dictate how virtually every moment is spent.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -’Total institutions’ have four main characteristics: batch living, binary management, the inmate role, and the institutional perspective.

Detailed explanation-2: -Several types of total institutions exist: mental asylums, Nazi concentration camps, military boot camps, convents, and monasteries. Some scholars would also say that criminal prisons are total institutions, as they exhibit some of the same processes found in the other types.

Detailed explanation-3: -Functions of Institutions: They provide a means to control society and people who constitute it. Every individual is assigned a role depending on which he can achieve and regulate his status. They help to maintain the order in society. They act as stimulants by giving the required freedom.

Detailed explanation-4: -Whether we are talking about total institutions that are good or bad, they all share certain processes and procedures that make them total institutions. The most important characteristic is that they have total control over the lives of their inmates, patients, or whatever the people who live in them are called.

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