Middle Childhood Flashcards
The Big 5 traits
extroversion, openness, neuroticism, conscientiousness, agreeableness
Bandura’s reciprocal determinism
personal, behavioural, environmental factors interact in patterns
Bandura’s social cognitive approach
Helps understand development of self-efficacy
self-efficacy
child’s self-perceived competence
self-concept
Understanding of themselves improves
Find new ways to describe themselves and others
Harter’s development of self (3-4y)
Observable physical features
Preferences, possessions and social characteristics
Harter’s development of self (5-7y)
competencies
Harter’s development of self (8-10y)
More complex descriptions
Abilities and interpersonal attributes
Harter’s development of self (early adolescence)
Interpersonal attributes
Social skills and competencies
Emotions
Different selves in different contexts
Harter’s development of self (middle adolescence)
Introspective
Preoccupied with what others think of them
Begin to question self descriptions
Harter’s development of self (late adolescence)
Emphasize personal beliefs,morals, values
Think about the future of the relationship and future selves
psychological self
the understanding of one’s internal traits
self-judgements of competency
valued self
global evaluation of one’s self worth
self-esteem
affect based
how we view ourselves in comparisons to others
relationship between ideal selves and actual selves
self-worth
cognitive based
stable
how we view ourselves
Harter and self-esteem development
suggest it’s developed:
- how we perceive ourselves in the domain
- how important the domain is to us
higher self-esteem in children = …
- competent, capable, pleased with identity
- happier
- more positive adjustment outcomes
- higher academic success
social development of self esteem (factors)
- family influences (accepting, consistent rules, involved)
- constant praising of the child (can lead to disappointment when failure arises)
- dark side of self esteem (become overconfident)
children vs external and internal traits (6-7y)
exclusively external
children vs external and internal traits (7-8)
increase in focus on internal traits
moral realism stage
rules are inflexible
moral relativism stage
many rules can be changed through social agreement
social comparison
people evaluate their own abilities/values/qualities by comparing them to others
gives a realistic appraisal of skills
sociometric theory
determination of child’s status within the peer group
categories of sociometric theory
popular prosocial
popular aggressive
aggressive-rejected
non aggressive rejected
popular prosocial
friendly, well-liked
popular aggressive
athletic, arrogant, aggressive
viewed as cool
aggressive rejected
low level of self control
high aggression level
non-aggressive rejected
anxious, withdrawn,socially unskilled
friendships in middle childhood
friends help with problem solving/conflict management
early childhood friendship primary concern
to maximize entertainment and excitement
early childhood friendship main purpose of communication
to coordinate play
talk about activities
resolve conlficts