Social and Personality Development in Early

ChildhoodMelinda Gamache

Psych 1170 Human Development

Theories of Social and Personality Development • Social-Cognitive Perspectives: The

higher a child’s cognitive ability, the more social and personality improvements they will exhibit.

• Psychoanalytic Perspectives: Internal emotions and behaviour influence development changes.

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A child’s social and personality development is influenced by many aspects of their life. The neighborhood they grow up in, the parenting styles that are used, their family and friends, the media and the education they receive all have an impact.

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A child’s development is dependent on many conditions.

Parenting Styles • Authoritarian: Low in nurturance and

communication, high in control and maturity demands.• Authoritative: High in nurturance,

communication, control and maturity demands.• Permissive: High in nurturance, low in

communication, control and maturity demands.• Uninvolved: Low in nurturance,

communication, control and maturity demands.

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Peer Relationships • Relationships with

other children is essential for brain development, as it is most sensitive at this time to develop social skills.

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The process in which children develop peer relationships in early childhood will provide a foundation for all future relationships that they will make in their lifetime.

Gender Development • Children aged 2-6 learn

what roles females and males have in regards to their culture.• They also discover the

physical differences between males and females.

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Children learn that specific “gender roles” are not set in stone.

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How does this relate to me personally? • Being able to understand how

children aged 2-6 develop their social skills and personality will help me to better interact with children of that developmental stage. • Using the knowledge I have

gained from reading the text and my own personal experience of having younger siblings and cousins, I can develop new skills in regards to interacting with children in the early childhood stage.

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• Comprehending how children in the early childhood stages develop their personality and social skills helps health professionals to understand and relate better to the child which facilitates their care in a clinical setting. Figure 13

How does this relates to my future profession?

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