Relationship with Peers Flashcards
What is a peer?
A friend
What are peer development trends for infancy?
- Starts as young as 6 months
- Infants have been characterized as object-centered because infants’ early interactions often centre on some toy of mutual interest
What are developmental trends for toddlerhood in regards with peer relations?
- Bouts of mutual imitation develop, in which toddlers take pleasure in imitating other toddlers and being imitated
What are developmental trends for Preschool age in regards with peer relations?
- The complexity of social interactions increases as symbolic forms of behaviour begin to predominate over physical ones
- Preschool age children will partake in a form of play called pretend play
What are developmental trends for School-aged children in regards with peer relations?
- School aged children will develop groups depending on blossoming personality attributes
- More often than not, there will be same-sex groups as there is seen to be a divide between genders
- Early romances also are starting to develop and will affect the relationship children have with each other
What are developmental trends for adolescence in regards with peer relations?
- Adolescences will have ‘cliques’ in which they will stay with people they have similar personalities to
What are 3 views towards why peer relationships are important?
- Ethological view
- Cognitive Developmental view
- Social Learning view
How do preschool/early school aged children develop friends?
- Playmates
- Propinquity (people develop a personal relationship after seeing each other repeatedly)
How do Mid-Childhood aged children develop friends?
- Shared values and tastes
- Behavioural homophily
How do early Adolescence and onward develop friends?
- Intimacy
- Loyalty
What is sociometry?
peer nomination method?
“who do you like the most?”
who is high on like most and low on liked least
popular
who is high on like most and high on like least
controversial
who is low on like most and low on like least
neglected
who is low on like most but high on like least?
rejected