PSYC 304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Rough Play, Electra Complex, Wii
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Chapter 8: psychosocial [3 to 6 years old] Self-worth = self-esteem [very vulnerable time = kids totalize self. ] 3-6 yr. body = soccer, t-ball, scouts, dance. Society = is expanding to include parents, family, teachers, and peers. Initiative = means starting a project on one"s own. I"m going to color try new things, test powers, but also needing to be more regulated and responsible. Guilt = too scared to try, inhibited, un-spontaneous, inadequate, even psychosomatic . Virtue: purpose the courage to envision/pursue real goals (imagination vs. fantasy) without guilt. Boys more rough play, girls more likely quiet with 1 mate: similarities academics capabilities, differences rates of aggression and role play, verbal abilities. Cognitive approach: gender is first a cognitive process before gender types behaviors are adapted, it pertains to gender constancy which consists of: Gender identity = the awareness of one"s gender and all it implies maybe strongly influence by culture.
