Chapter 13 - social and emotional devel. middle Flashcards

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for older children how is self esteem measured and what is the most widely used

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questionnaire
-self-perception profile for children

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the sppc evaluates self wirth in children what what 5 domaines

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scholastic competnece
athletic competence
social acceptance
behavioural conduct
physical apeparance

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3
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why is a drop in self esteem common through elementary school

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begin to compare themselves with others

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4
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younger childrens ratings of self esteem are often what across diferent domains

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consistent

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5
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older childrens self esteem is often what across domains

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differ
-develop multiple self esteems

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aroudn the world children have higher self esteem when families hwat

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live in harmony and parents nurture their children

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children with high self esteem generally have parents who are what when it comes to rules

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arent afraid to set them and are opern to discussing them with t heir children

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inflated statements of praise and comments about the childs personal qualities can what

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backfire
-migt respond positively intially but later when struggling with something can end up feeling worse

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9
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when is praise helpful and appropriate

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well timed, genuine and does not link appreciation and admiration to childrens achievements

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10
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what are idiocentric people

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people who tend to emphasize independence and personal eneds and goals over those of tohers

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what are allocentric people

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people who tend to emphasize interdependence, affiliation and cooperation with groups they belong to more than their own goals

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12
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idiocentric children ten to report less what compared to allocentric

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social support

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13
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between idiocentric and allocentric children, which childs self esteem can be predicedt by level of social support they experience from their best friend

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allocentric

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14
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in gifted classes what type of student will be more affected by social comparisons

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who value top of the class status compared to those more intent on mastering challenging material

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15
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self esteem is greater in general when what

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-students work hadr in school
-get along with peers
-avoid disciplinary problems
-particiapte in extracurricular activities

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16
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what are 4 risks for children with low self esteem

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more likely to have problems with peers
-more prone to psychological disroders
-more likely to be involved in antisocial behavior
-more likely to do poorly in school
*many of these cases caused by low self esteem but these outcomes can also cause low self esteem

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17
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why are older children better at resolving conflict

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perspective taking
-realize others see the world differently

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18
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what is the next step forward in middle childhood to perspective taking

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seeing themselves as others do
-makes social interactions and resolving conflicts easier

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19
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what can significantly impair a childs abiltiy to take another persons perspective

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maltreatment and abuse

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20
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in middle childhood what are the most common acitities with peers

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just spending time together and talking

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21
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what 3 primary purposes were found in prosocial acitvites in children

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-provide prosocial context to support childrens developmetn of relationshipd and sense of belonging
-focus on achievemnt as well as value and integrity of childs self
-opporutnities for learning and instruction

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22
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friendships among children fo different groups and afes are more commin in what schools

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smaller classes

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23
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children with same and opposite sex friends tend to be hwat

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very well adjusted and have good social skills

24
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children with only opposite sex friends tend to be

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unpopular, less competent academically and socially, have lower self esteem

25
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children with good friends have higher what and are less likely to what and more likely to what

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-self esteem
-lonely and depressed,
-more often act prosocially, cope better with life stresses

26
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popular children are better at what

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initiating social interactions with other children
-more skillful at communicating and better at integrating themselves into an ongoing conversation or play session

27
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whose more likely to share, cooperate and help and less likely to start fights or break rules, popular or unpopular

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popular

28
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rejected children tend to be what

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socially unskilled
-agressive and attack peers without provocation
-demonstrate poor self-control and disruptive behaviour in school

29
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who is more likely to drop out of school, commit juvenile offences and sufer from psychopatholgy

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rejected youngsters

30
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what has been the most values aspect of school experience for many children

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peer relationships

31
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inconsistent discipline si associated with what in a child

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antisocial and agressive behaviour
-paving way to rejection

32
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what is prejudice

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negative view of others based on their membership in a specifc view

33
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prejudice is less pronounced in what aged children

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older
-but does not vanish, remain biased positively toward their own group and engatively to others

34
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what are most promising types of interventions designed to reuce prejudice

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reading about other cultures/people
cooperative learning activties
use of media to foster more positive attiutdes between people of different cultures and lifestlyes

35
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free the children are dedicated to what

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protectin rights of children

36
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what is prosocial behaviour

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actions that promote harmony in a scoail group

37
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what is altruism

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procosial behavoiru that helps another with no direct benefit to the individual performint the behaviour

38
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what is empathy and children with this are more inclined to what compared to those who lack it

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ability ot understand another persons emotions
-help others

39
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parents who model positive well-regulated emotional expression tend to have children ith what

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higher empathy and socio-emotional competence

40
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what are 4 situations in which a child may act altruistically

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-feel responsbile for person
-feel they have the necessary skills to help
-feel happy and successfull
-actions involve few or modest sacrifices

41
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what are 2 ways parents can influence prosocial behaviour

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reasoning and modelling (children imitate behaviours)

42
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parents who report frequent feelings of warmth and concern for others tend to have children who

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experience stronger feelings of empathy

43
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childrens behaviour also has a reciprocal influence on hwo what

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others behave towards them

44
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helicopter parenting can result in what

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having less empathy and prosocial interactins with others

45
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what is dispositional praise

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linking the childs altruistic behaviour to un underlying altruisic characteristic of the person

46
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what is the most obvious way to foster sharing and other altruisic behavoiurs in children

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rewarding them for acts of generosity
-prasie
-dispositional praise

47
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what is instrumental agression

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child uses agression to achieve an explicit

48
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what is reactive agression

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reacts agressively to another childs behaviour

49
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what is relational agression

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hurting another person by damagin that persons social relationships
-verbal form of agression

50
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children who edmonstrate insecure parental attachment are more likely to exhibit what when comes to agression

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mor severe levels of agression

51
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is agressivenes as a child indicator for adults

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thye are more likely to act agressive as adults maybe

52
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with divorce in childrens scohol achivement who is msot affected and why

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school age cjildren adn adolescents
-one parent is less accessible as a role model

53
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in divorce when childrens conduct who is most affected and why

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children who are temperamentally emotinoal
-single-partn families experience economic hardship

54
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in divorse whos is most affect when it comes to pschological adjustment and why

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children prone to interpret events neatively
-conflict between parents is distressing

55
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what is a latchkey child

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oen who is often left at home alone

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