Emotional Development Flashcards

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Peer Groups

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  • Formed from proximity, similarity

- Peer Culture

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Formed from proximity, similarity (Peer Groups)

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Those that you go to school with or live near

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Peer Culture (Peer Groups)

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  • Behavior, vocabulary, dress code
  • Can include relational aggression and exclusion
  • Relational: Attack bonds that individuals have (Rumors)
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Friendship in middle Childhood

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  • Personal qualities, trust becomes more important (more than association)
  • More selective in choosing friends
  • Friendships can last several years
  • Type of friends influences development
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Personal qualities, trust becomes more important (Friendship in middle Childhood)

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Becomes more difficult to build friends back when trust issues arise

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More selective in choosing friends (Friendship in middle Childhood)

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Choose friends similar to self

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Friendships can last several years (Friendship in middle Childhood)

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Learn to resolve disputes

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Type of friends influences development (Friendship in middle Childhood)

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Aggressive friends often magnify antisocial acts

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Peer Acceptance

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  • Popular (Prosocial and Popular-Antisocial)
  • Rejected (Rejected Aggressive and Rejected-Withdrawn)
  • Controversial
  • Neglected
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Popular Prosocial (Peer Acceptance)

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Have friends because they have qualities that people find attractive

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Popular-Antisocial (Peer Acceptance)

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Have resources, physically attractive, may be socially skilled but also may be mean

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Rejected Aggressive (Peer Acceptance)

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Bullies; May still have friends but characterized with low social skills

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Rejected-Withdrawn (Peer Acceptance)

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Socially unskilled and do not have the ability to stand up to bullies

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Controversial (Peer Acceptance)

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Some people like and others do not, this may be like a class clown that is funny until joke is about you

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Neglected (Peer Acceptance)

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Who is that? Flying under the radar, may have friends but do not stand out, do their own thing

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Bullies

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  • Most are boys
  • Physically, relationally aggressive
  • High-status, powerful
  • Popular (However, most eventually become disliked)
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Victims

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  • Passive when active behavior expected
  • Give in to demands
  • Lack defenders
  • Inhibited temperament
  • Physically frail
  • Overprotected, controlled by parents
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Parents (Family Relationships)

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-Coregulation: Given more responsibility and understanding

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Siblings (Family Relationships)

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  • Rivalry

- Companionship and assistance

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Only Children

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  • High in self-esteem, achievement motivation
  • Closer relationships with parents (Pressure for mastery which can cause anxiety)
  • Peer acceptance may be a problem
  • Lack practice in conflict resolution
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Immediate (Consequences of Parental Divorce)

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  • Consequences usually depends on age, temperament, and sex of the child
  • Instability, conflict, drop in income
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Long-Term

Consequences of Parental Divorce

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  • Improved adjustment after 2 years
  • Boys and children with difficult temperaments more likely to have problems
  • Father’s involvement affects adjustment
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Helping Families Through Divorce

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  • Divorce mediation (Splitting items)
  • Joint Custody
  • Child Support
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Mother-Stepfather (Blended Families)

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  • Most frequent
  • Boys usually adjust quickly
  • Girls adapt less favorably
  • Older children and adolescents of both sexes display more problems
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Father-Stepmother (Blended Families)

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  • Often leads to reduced father-child contact
  • Children in fathers’ custody often react negatively
  • Girls and stepmothers slow to get along at first, more positive interaction later
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Benefits (Maternal Employment and Child Development)

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  • Higher self-esteem
  • Positive family and peer relations
  • Fewer gender stereotypes
  • Better grades
  • More father involvement
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Drawbacks (Maternal Employment and Child Development)

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  • Less time for children

- Risk of ineffective parenting

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Support for Working Parents

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  • Flexible schedules, job sharing
  • Sick leave
  • Involvement of other parent
  • Equal pay and opportunities
  • Quality of childcare
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Fears and Anxieties in Middle Childhood

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  • Fears of dark, thunder, lightning, supernatural beings persist
  • Fears based on wider world emerge (Many are media-fueled, Harsh living conditions can lead to anxiety)
  • School phobia (5–7 years: separation from home, 11 –13 years: particular aspects of school)
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Factors Related to Resilience- Personal Characteristics

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  • Easy temperament
  • Mastery orientation
  • Warm parental relationship
  • Supportive adult outside family
  • Community resources