HDFS 2950 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Prosocial Behavior, Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten
20 Sep 2016
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Chapter 10: emotional and social development in early childhood. Eagerness to try new tasks, join activities with peers. Acting out family scenes and highly visible occupations. Overly strict superego, or conscious, leading to too much guilt. Related to excessive threats, criticism, punishment from adults. By age 3. 5, self-concept includes typical emotions and attitudes. Warm, sensitive parent-child relationship fosters more positive, coherent self-concept. Elaborative reminiscing that focuses on children"s internal states is especially important. Findings of longitudinal study comparing personal storytelling of irish-american and. Chinese parents emphasized severity of children"s misbehavior and its impact on others. Irish-american parents attributed transgressions to spunk and assertiveness, downplayed seriousness: Judgments we make about our own worth and feelings associated with those judgments. Emotional development is supported by gains in representation, language, self-concept. Are better able to judge causes and consequences of emotions. Can infer how others are feeling based on their behavior. Come up with effective ways to relieve others" negative emotions.
