Socioemotional development in Early Childhood Flashcards
they understood that they are persons in their own right
early childhood
Children use their perceptual, motor, cognitive, and language skills to make things happen on their own initiative
initiative vs. guilt
3rd stage of Psychosocial development
initiative vs. guilt
Children at this stage exuberantly move out into a wider social world
Begin to discover the kind of person they will become
Identify intensely with parents
The great governor of initiative is conscience
Initiative and enthusiasm may also bring guilt, which lowers self-esteem
initiative vs. guilt
representation of the self, substance and content of self-conceptions
self-understanding
distinguish oneself from others
Self-recognition
are central component of the self in early childhood
physical activities
may involve body attributes, material possessions, physical activities
self-descriptions
Pride, shame, embarrassment, and guilt are examples of?
self-conscious emotions
Plays a key role in children’s ability to manage the demands and conflicts they face in interacting with others
regulating emotions
monitors their children’s emotion, view their children’s negative emotions as opportunities for teaching, assist them in labeling emotions, and coach them in how to deal effectively with emotions.
emotion coaching parents
view their role as to deny, ignore, or change negative
emotions.
emotion dismissing parents
involves thoughts, feelings and behaviors regarding rules and conventions about what people should do in their interactions with other people (Vozzola, 2014)
moral development
moral element of personality
superego
justice and rules are conceived of as unchangeable properties of the world, removed from the control of people
heteronomous morality
Rightness of goodness based on consequences not the intentions
heteronomous morality
also believe in immanent justice.
heteronomous morality
Concept that if a rule is broken, punishment will be meted out immediately
immanent justice
children become aware that rules and laws are created by people and that in judging an action one should consider the actor’s intentions as well as the consequences
autonomous morality
Rightness of goodness based on intentions
autonomous morality
Processes of reinforcement, punishment, and imitation explain the development of moral behavior
moral behavior
refers to an internal regulation of standards of right and wrong that involves an integration of all three components of moral development – moral thought, feelings, behavior
conscience
Using diversion, distracting
attention, moving to alternative activities
younger children
Talking to the child about values that the parents deem important
older children
refers to the characteristics of people as males and females
gender
The sense of being male or female, including knowledge,
understanding, acceptance of being male or female
gender identity
A set of expectations that prescribes how females or males should think, act, and feel
gender role
Acquisition of a traditional masculine or feminine role
gender typing
Gender differences result from the contrasting roles of women and men
Social role theory
Preschool child develops a sexual attraction to the opposite-sex parent
Psychoanalytic theory
Children’s gender development occurs through observation and imitation of what other people say and do and being rewarded and punished by appropriate and inappropriate behaviors
social cognitive theory
this type of parenting encourages children to be independent but places limits and control
authoritative parenting
this type of parenting is restrictive
authoritarian parenting
this type of parenting is uninvolved
neglectful/uninvolved parenting
this type of parenting highly involved but few demands
indulgent/permissive parenting
Provide a source of information and comparison about the world outside the family
peer relations
An important aspect of children’s development
Advances cognitive development
Important in the development of language and
communication skills
Play
This therapy is used to allow the child to work off frustrations and to analyze the child’s conflicts and ways of coping with them
play therapy