edu 145 ch 13
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Kathleen Stassen Berger
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Part IV
Middle Childhood: Psychosocial Development
Chapter Thirteen
The Nature of the ChildFamilies and ChildrenThe Peer GroupChildren’s Moral Codes
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• Industry versus inferiority– Erikson’s fourth developmental crisis
– master many skills, – sense of themselves as either:•industrious or inferior•competent or incompetent
The Nature of the Child
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• nature of school-age children:– social comparison – effortful control – loyalty– appreciation of peers and parents
• from ages 6 to12: – self-criticism and self-consciousness rises
– self-esteem dips for stressed children
Self-Concept
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•resilience:– capacity to develop optimally by adapting positively to significant adversity•dynamic, stable trait •positive adaptation to stress•adversity must be significant
Resilience and Stress
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• Social Support and Religious Faith–strong bond with loving, firm parent can help with difficulties
–social world allows new possibilities for social support
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• Faith can be psychologically protective.
• Parents can provide religious guidance.
• Religious beliefs useful as school-age children cope with problems.
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Families and Children• Genes affect temperament as well as ability.
• Peers are vital.• Schools and cultures influence:– what, and how much, children learn.
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• shared environment– household influences same for two people•children reared together
• nonshared environment– siblings with different friends and different teachers
Shared and Nonshared Environments
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• Structure–legal and genetic relationship among relatives in the same home•nuclear, extended, step
• Function–how family works to meet needs of its members
Family Function and Structure
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• Children need family to:–provide basic material necessities.
–encourage learning.–develop self-respect.–nurture peer relationships.–ensure harmony and stability.
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• Blended family– family that consists of two adults and children of the prior relationships of one or both parents and/or the new partnership
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• Family Trouble– low income and high conflict– financial stress and family fighting often feed on each other
• Family Income– correlates with function and structure– crucial question to ask about any risk factor is how does:• low income• divorce• unemployment
…increase the stress on families?
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• Ideally parents should form an alliance.– learn to cooperate and protect the children
– Child’s well-being can decline if:•family members fight.•physically or verbally abusive.
– No structure inevitably either harms children or guarantees good family function.
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The Peer Group
• getting along with peers crucial
• difficulties can cause serous problems
• developmental progression in peer relationships
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• social comparison–tendency to assess one’s: •abilities•achievements •social status
… by measuring them against those of
other people
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• culture of children:– Particular habits, styles, and values that reflect the set of rules and rituals that characterize children as distinct from adult society.
• deviancy training:– Children taught by their peers to avoid restrictions imposed by adults.
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• Friendship– Friendship leads to psychosocial growth.
– Peer acceptance (popularity) and close friendship (mutual loyalty) both affect social interaction and emotional health.
– Becomes more intense and intimate as children grow older.
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• Social Acceptance–aggressive-rejected•rejected by peers because of antagonistic, confrontational behavior
–withdrawn-rejected•rejected by peers because of timid, withdrawn, anxious behavior
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• Social Awareness–social cognition•ability to understand social interaction
–effortful control•ability to regulate one’s emotions and actions through effort, not simply through natural inclination
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• bullying– Repeated, systematic efforts to inflict harm through physical, verbal, or social attack on weaker person.
• bully-victim– Someone who attacks others, and who is attacked as well.•also called provocative victims
Bullies and Victims
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• Can bulling be stopped? –most children find ways to halt ongoing victimization by:•ignoring•retaliating•defusing•avoiding
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Children’s Moral Codes
• Moral Questioning in Middle Childhood– School-age children are more likely to behave prosocially than are younger children.
– social efficacy•People come to believe that they can affect their circumstances.
•Leads to action that changes the social context.
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• Stages of Moral Reasoning–Kohlberg’s described three levels of moral reasoning:•preconventional moral reasoning–rewards and punishments
•conventional moral reasoning–social rules
•postconventional moral reasoning–moral principles
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• Moral specifics vary.– between and within nations– within one ethnic group in one region
• Children seek respect from each other.
• Children’s moral precepts are not necessarily the ones that adults endorse.
What Children Value