Ch. 6 Societal Development Flashcards
(23 cards)
Temperaments Externalizing Tendencies
Personality style that acts on immediate impulses, behaves more aggressively, and is disruptive
Temperaments Internalizing Tendencies
Personality style with intense fear, social inhibition, and depression
Self-Awarness
Reflection on self (abilities and actions)
Self-Esteem
Evaluation of self as good or bad The tendency to feel good or bad about ourselves.
*Self-Esteem* Five Dimensions where children draw self-esteem
1.Scholastic Competence(academics) 2.Behavioral Conduct (obedience or being “good”) 3.Athletic Skills (sports performance) 4.Peer Likability (popularity) 5.Physical Appearance (looks)
Pro Social Behavior Empathy
feeling the exact emotions of another person -Getting anxious when you hear your boss berating a coworker
Pro Social Behavior Sympathy
Feeling upset for a person who may need help -you feel terrible for your co-worker, but don’t feel intense distress.
Agression Definition
Any hostile or destructive act -Peaks at about age 2 1/2
Agression Types Instrumental
Hostile/destructive act initiated to achieve a goal Ex. I’ll hit Tommy so I can get his toys. I’ll cut off the car so I can get ahead of him. I want my boss’s job so I’ll spread a rumor that he is having and affair.
Emotional Regulation
Managing Feelings “Ill go to school today, even though I’d rather sleep” “I’ll conquer my shyness and ask the teacher my question”
Agression Types Reactive
Hostile/destructive act carried out in response to being hurt or frustrated Ex. Jimmu took my toy, so I’m going to hit him. That guy shoved me take my place in line, so in going to punch him. He took my girlfriend, so I’m going to get a fun and shoot him.
Agression Types Relational
hostile/ destructive act to cause harm to a person’s relationship Ex. Sarah got a better grade than me, so I’m going to tell the teacher she cheated. Let’s tell everyone not to let Sarah play in the group.
Gender Segregated Play
Play in which boys and girls associated only with members of the same sex is typical of child hood -Starts in Elementary school -Gender Differences
- Industry vs. Inferiority Erikson
The need to manage our emotions and word for what we want to achieve (?). Now, we know that we are not just wonderful, and that we are vulnerable to low self-esteem (?)having the painful sense that we don’t measure up.
What Causes Gender-Stereotype Play? Gender-Schema Theory
Once children learn their own gender label they selectively watch and model their own sex Other examples:Biological underpinnings eg. Role of testosterone Socialization of gender-specific behaviors eg. Traditional gender roles
Effects of Friendship on Personal Development: Packs
Friends protect and enhance the developing self
Effects of Friendship on Personal Development: Peace
Friendships teach us to manage our emotions
Effects of Friendship on Personal Development: Practice
Friendships help us to handle conflicts
Interventions for Bullying
-Administrators need to get involved -Teach prosocial behaviors Social skills training for targeted children with externalizing disorders .Teach emotional regulation skills and reattribution of biases .Minimize power assertion -Connect temperamentally shy children with friends
Self-Esteem Distortions 1. Denial
-Greater with externalizing children -Blame others -Unrealistically high self-worth
Self-Esteem Distortions 2. *Learned Helplessness
A state that develops when a person feels incapable of affecting the outcome of events, and gives up without trying. -Powerlessness -Greater with internalizing children -Sense of incompetence -Set themselves up for failure
Induction
Getting a child who has behaved hurtfully to empathize with the pain that was caused to the others
Hostile attribution style
Tendency of highly aggressive children to see motives and actions as threatening when they actually are not
