Topic A: Social Flashcards
What are the 3 stages of play infants go through and what are they?
Solo play - playing with a toy independently as they have limited ability
Parallel play - playing alongside other children independently and not sharing
Cooperative play - playing and sharing with other children
What are the practical benefits of friendships?
- friends help traumatic life events such as death, illnesses
- friends help maintain healthy lifestyle such as encouraging avoiding bad behaviour
What are the emotional benefits of friendship?
- friends help avoid loneliness
- friends provide a sense of belonging and self-worth and confidence
- friends help reduction in depression and stress
What is peer pressure?
“Friend” or an admirable group encouraging bad behaviour eg smoking drinking
How can an adolescent resist peer pressure?
- find another friend who is willing to say no
- find friends with the same values who will encourage positive choices
- talk to trusted adult
- find confidence to resist peer pressure
What is the difference between formal and informal relationships?
Formal relationships are people who aren’t friends but are essential for social development such as teachers and colleagues whereas
Informal relationships are friends and family who promote self confidence
How do children in infancy or early childhood socially develop?
- they attempt to do more for themselves and experience new things despite being very dependant
- develop dislikes and likes and gradually become less reliant
How does peer pressure in adolescence affect development?
- Learn from past experiences of peer pressure and learn the consequences of good and poor choices
- Make their own judgment on life situations
How does starting employment help development?
- Encourage to make informed choices and first step into adult world
- Apply rules learnt from school into real life and the workplace
How does leaving home help development?
- Major transitional event which helps indépendance
- lowers standards of living whilst managing own household skill and being self reliant
How does starting a family help development?
- Develop sense of achievement and self identity whilst making sacrifices
- impact financial and emotional independence
How does starting a family help development?
- Develop sense of achievement and self identity whilst making sacrifices
- impact financial and emotional independence
How does middle adulthood affect development?
- fewer family responsibilities
- independence and freedom
- could be a restricted lifestyle due to retirement
How does later adulthood affect development?
- enjoying freedom
- beneficial concessionary passes, free entry etc
- disengagement in society
- loneliness and rely on others for care
