How Does Social Class Influence the Way a Child Is

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Essay

How does social class influence the way a child is socialized? Why might it be beneficial for children to be socialized according to their family's social class? Why might it be harmful?

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Definitions:

Conditional Probabilities

The chances of an event's occurrence, predicated on the fact that another event has happened.

Bayes' Law

A theorem using probability to update predictions or beliefs in light of new evidence.

Probability Tree

A diagram that shows the possible outcomes of a series of related probabilities.

Bayes' Law

A theorem describing the probability of an event based on prior knowledge of conditions that might be related to the event.