Lecture 8 socioemotional dev in early childhood 2011_student_slides

Socio-Emotional Development in
Early Childhood
Lecture 8
February 9, 2011

Overview
Preschooler tasks and goals
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Erikson’s stage of initiative vs. guilt
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Self-awareness and self-esteem
Play!
Family socialization
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Discipline
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Video
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Parenting styles and their effects
Gender role development
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What happens when
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How it happens

Preschooler’s Tasks & Goals
Developmental task (Erikson) =
Initiative vs. Guilt (3-5 years)
(Conflict that must be resolved)
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Conflict around desire to take
initiative and guilt about initiatives
that are met with criticism and
hinder others
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Successful resolution: purpose – a
balance between one’s initiative and
willingness to cooperate with
others.

Preschooler’s Tasks & Goals cont.
See foundations of self-awareness – the way we
think about ourselves as people
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Younger children
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External factors
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Very concrete
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Older children
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Compare with others
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Psychological traits
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Qualified

Preschooler’s Tasks & Goals cont.
See emergence of self-esteem – Evaluating oneself
as either “good” or “bad” as a result of comparing
self to others
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Preschoolers are very positive!

Play – The Main Activity
Rough-and-tumble play – shoving, wrestling, and
hitting, but in which no actual harm is intended;
characteristic of boys
Fantasy (pretend) play – making up and acting out
a scenario
Collaborative pretend play – Fantasy play in which
children work together to develop and act out
scenes

Family Socialization
Socialization – process of absorbing the attitudes,
values and customs of a society
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Parents are first ones responsible for socialization
Discipline is a central feature
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How parents teach right from wrong

Socialization - Discipline
Four types of discipline
power assertive - relies on parent’s power and control over
child and child’s fear of punishment (orders, threats,
hitting)
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Physical discipline is common
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Seen to be ineffective in the long term because:
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Children become fearful of their parents
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