FMST 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Relational Aggression
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Chapter 10: how do friendships qualitatively change from early (2-6 years old) to middle (6-12 years) ______: the social needs children seek out and expect from their friendships change from early to middle childhood. Sit side by side but there"s no interaction. Reciprocal trust knows whose best friends you are, you can"t cheat and talk your problems to other friends) Capable of engaging in a joint activity. Explains why child likes to hoard things. That"s when they can"t enter existing social group: there is a stronger preference for same-sex friendships in middle childhood (relative to early childhood). For instance, in middle childhood, friendship selection is based more on sex than any other variable (i. e. , age or race). The rules when it"s acceptable to interact with a member of the opposite sex. Society of childhood children make these rules, not adults.