Chapter 6, Questions 1-7

1. How do restriced and elaborated codes affect people lives?
Whatever code that a person uses has an effect on their children. It effects how they develop and how they look at their future and the possiblities that they have.

2. What are the basic characteristics of restricted and elaborated codes?
Elaborated codes- have complez grammer, varied vocabulary, complex sentence structure, high level conceptualization, logical, meaning elaborated verbally and it is used in the middle class
Restricted codes- simple grammer, uniform vocab, simple sentence structure,low level of conceptualization, emotional, context shapes the meaning and is used for working class people

3. What positive attributes are connected to each code?
Restricted coded people have a simplistic perspective on life and "with a kind of present-mindedness that precludes long-range thinking"

4. How do language codes shape future behavior?
The codes shape how a person looks at the future and how they feel about it and how they socialize with other people. The code that you grow up with will most likely socialize with people of the same code.

5. Does this coding notion help explain the "culture of poverty"
Yes it does help explain. If the social workers that deal with it are speaking another language code, how could they fully understand and fully help with the issue at hand.

6. Which code did you parents speak when you grew up?
I think my mom spoke the elaborated code. She was more logic then emotion, her vocabulary was well developed and varied. She was also the middle class in society.

7. Do you think the mass media have affected the codes people learn.
I think that it could affect how people learn because we are surrounded by it everyday and we are constantly watching tv or reading a magazine.