Ch. 10 Flashcards
Middle Childhood: Social and Emotional Development
Social Cognitive Theory
by Albert Bandura
-focuses on rewards, children depend less on punishment and external rewards, and are exposed to role models.
what is the Cognitive Development Theory according to Piaget?
middle childhood coincides with the stage of concrete operations; declines in egocentrism, and expansion of the capacity of the world etc.
Social Cognition
perception of the social world
early childhood self concepts?
focus on concrete external traits such as appearance, activities, and living situation
middle childhood self concept?
more abstract internal traits, or personality traits, play a role
Self-Esteem?
evaluation of self-worth in multiple areas
- “good at doing things” or not
how does technology effect self-esteem?
It changes it because they can’t realize what is real vs fake. it creates a decline in self-esteem. fewer social interactions
who can influence a child’s self esteem?
parents and peers
co-regulation
children begin to internalize the standard of their caregiver
is their a difference between same-sex family and normal
no
single mothers effects
feel socially isolated, have a reduced income, communicate less with children and are less warm to their children.
outcome of divorce on middle childhood
conduct disorders, drug abuse, poor grades in school, and lower self-esteem
alarm state
blood rate and blood pressure increase and sweating occurs
skip-generation families
families whose grandparents parents and the grandchild with little or no help from their adult child
development of friendship
- momentary physical interaction
- one-way assistance
- fair-weather cooperation
- intimate and mutual sharing
- autonomous interdependence
peer rejection
children who are aggressive adn disrupt group activities are more likely to be rejected by peers
withdrawn-rejected
disliked by their peers because of perceived differences
aggressive-rejected
disliked because of aggressive, disruptive behavior
bullying
bullying transforms the perception of school form a safe place to a violent place
long term bullying effects
-mental health issues (anxiety, depression, withdrawal, school refusal, somatization) -increase rates of conduct disorder
schools have influence on children T/F
true
self-fulfilling prophecy
teacher expects higher performance and the child performs accordingly
most common disorders
anxiety disorder, depression, conduct disorders and ADHD
what are children who are depressed appear
unhappy, worried, guilty, fearful, helpless, rejected, hopeless, lonely
what disorder can mask childhood depression
conduct disorder
childhood anxiety
two kinds:
Separation Anxiety o
conduct disorder
a child persistently breaks rules or violates the rights of others and exhibits behaviors such as lying, stealing, fire setting
