Psychosocial Development

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Psychosocial Development

• Middle Childhood
• Chapter 10

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Child in the Family

• Case Study Analysis
• Journal assignment
• Begin in class with genogram
• Answer questions, using ideas and concepts from
  class

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Peers

• How do peers affect a childs development?

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Peers

• How do peers affect a childs development?
• Get along
• Self-concept competition comparison
• Gender roles
• Testing values
• May reinforce prejudice
• Foster anti-social or pro-social tendencies

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Popularity

• Imagine you are in third or fourth grade
• Who were the popular children in your class?
• Why?

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Popularity

• Peer status groups
• Sociometric children vote
• Popular most votes for liking
• Rejected most votes for disliking
• Neglected few votes for either
• Controversial receive many liking and disliking
  
• Average do not receive unusual number of either

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Sociometrically Popular

• Good cognitive abilities
• High achievers
• Good at solving social problems
• Kind, trustworthy, cooperative, loyal,
  self-disclosing, and provide emotional support.

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Popularity

• Perceived popularity
• Children asked which children are liked most by
  peers

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Perceived popularity

• High status
• Dominant, may be arrogant
• Aggressive
• Physically attractive
• Athletic ability
• Academic ability (to a lesser extent)

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Friendship

• Who was your best friend(s) at ages 7-11?
• What qualities did they have?
• What kinds of things did you do together?
• Find how your friendship(s) fit on Selmans
  stages chart p. 376

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Aggression

• Instrumental
• Hostile

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Bullying Discussion

• What experience did you have with bullies (or
  being a bully)? Where do you think bullies fit in
  the system of popularity? How was bullying dealt
  with in elementary school? Middle school? High
  School? How is it dealt with today (where might
  you see bullying as adult)? What happens to
  bullies as they get older?
• What do you think is a good solution to bullying?
  Why?
• Write down your groups ideas to turn in.