Middle Childhood: Peers Flashcards
different criteria for choosing their friends:
0-7 years of age
common interests and getting along well
different criteria for choosing their friends:
8-11 years of age
desirable psychological characteristics
-trust, kindness, honesty
different criteria for choosing their friends:
11+ years of age
social attributes such as loyalty and intimacy
- conversations about personal issues
- common among adolescent girls
co-rumination
small group of friends similar in age, sex, and race
cliques (2-4 individuals)
a group of cliques that have similar attitudes and values
crowd
- largely based on having good social skills and being prosocial.
- being pleasant, friendly, not obnoxious, sharing, cooperation, and being non-disruptive
how to be popular
what else also play a major role in being popular
cultural expectations
- Children who are liked by many classmates
- Can be due to being actively prosocial or respected by others
popular
- Children who are disliked by many classmates
- Are generally overly aggressive, which others dislike, or overly shy and withdrawn
rejected
Children who are intensely liked or disliked by classmates
controversial
Children who are liked or disliked at a lower intensity than controversial children
average
Children who are ignored; not liked or disliked
neglected
watching new programs can teach children
new concepts and skills
Watching television can also teach children
violent behaviors and antisocial concepts
-if someone frustrates you, it is OK to hit them
Playing videogames tends to increase
- processing speed
- spatial skills
- executive functioning
Children know that self and others can have different thoughts and feelings but often confuse the two
undifferentiated
Children know that perspectives differ because people have access to different information
social-informational
Children can view themselves as others do, and they understand that others can do the same
self-reflective
Children can step outside the immediate situation to see how they and another person are viewed by a third person
third-person
Adolescents realize that a third-person perceptive in influenced by broad personal, social, and cultural contexts
societal
