SDS150R Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Social Learning Theory, Social Change, Problem Solving

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Social Development Studies
• Course: SDS150R
• Professor: Jon Boyd

Document Summary

Less reliance on parents and more independence of child to do things on their own which results in making friendships. Parents job = socialize child, show to treat people. Interactive: open and supportive, cooperative, problem solving, avoid conflict interest in making friend happy and getting out of conflict. Information about the world: how other people act outside or our own world, emotional support, stress management, controlling emotions, emotion management, can"t blow off the handle all the time. Intellectual growth: understand things from different point of view, relationship skills. Girl groups: more competitive between strangers than friends, someone outside their peer group, more compliance and more agreement, within peer group/friends, pairs or smaller exclusive groups, dyad = two, 3 or 4. Despite these differences, they do have things in common: collaboration and cooperation. Family meals: having family meals is a predictor of better outcomes academic success, fewer behavioral problems, better overall psychological adjustment, nutritionally superior diet.