Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood Flashcards
Eriksons third stage
Initiative vs Guilt
- Children use their perceptual motor, cognitive and language skills to make things happen
- Governor of initiative is conscience
Self understanding
Representation of self
Gender Identity
Sense of being male of female
Social cognitive theory of gender
Observation, imitation, reward and punishment
Psychoanalytic theory of gender
Freud, preschool, develop sexual attraction to the opposite sex parent
Social role gender theory
contrasting roles of men and women
Gender schema theory
gender typing- gradually developing sense of what is gender appropriate or not in their culture
Peers
Children of about the same age or maturity level
- feedback about abilities
- socioemotional development
- negotiating roles and rules
Authoritarian parenting style
Restrictive, punitive style, demanding obedience and respect
Authoritative parenting style
Encourages independence but still place limits and control
Neglectful parenting style
Parent very uninvolved in the child’s life
Indulgent parenting style
Highly involved with but place few demands or control
Corporal punishment
Still legal, US and Canada have more positive attitudes towards, higher level of immediate compliance but also increased aggression by children
-lower level of moral internalization and mental health
Child maltreatment
Physical abuse, child neglect, sexual abuse, emotional abuse
Co-parenting
The support that parents provide one another in jointly raising a child
First born sibling
more adult oriented, more helpful, conforming and self-controlled, achievement oriented
Children of divorced families more likely to:
- Have academic problems
- Show externalized problems, such as acting out and delinquency
- internalized problems, such anxiety and depression
- Drop out of school
- Become sexually active at an early age
- Take drugs
- Have low self esteem
Emotion-coaching parents
Monitor their children’s emotions, 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-dismissing parents
view their role as one to deny, ignore, or change negative emotions exhibited by their children
Heteronomous morality
Justice and rules are unchangeable, Piaget, infancy to 9
Autonomous morality
10 and older, rules can be changed
Moral development
development of thoughts, feelings and behaviors regarding people
Play
Extensive amount of peer interaction, engaged in for ones own sake
- helps child master anxieties and conflicts
- satisfies exploratory drive
Practice play
repetition of behavior when new skills are being learned
Social play
Play that involves interaction with peers
Construction play
combines sensorimotor and practice play with symbolic representation
-self-regulated creation
