Ch. 8 Vocab Flashcards
(23 cards)
social-cognitive theory
theoretical perspective which asserts that social and personality development in early childhood is related to improvements in the cognitive domain
person perception
ability to classify others according to categories such as age, gender, and race
emotional regulation
ability to control emotional states and emotion-related behavior
empathy
ability to identify w/ another person’s emotional state
gender
psychological and social associates and implications of biological sex
gender identity
ability to correctly label oneself and others as male or female
gender stability
understanding that gender is stable, lifelong characteristic
gender constancy
understanding that gender is a component of the self that is not altered by external appearance
gender schema theory
an information processing approach to gender concept development, asserting that people use a schema for each gender to process info. about themselves and others
sex-typed behavior
different patterns of behavior exhibited by boys and girls
cross-gener behavior
behavior that is atypical for one’s own sex but typical for the opposite sex
parenting styles
the characteristic strategies that parents use to manage children’s behavior
permissive parenting style
style of parenting that is high in nurturance and low in maturity demands, control, and communication
authoritarian parenting style
low in nurturance and communication, but high in control and maturity demands
authoritative parenting style
high in nurturance, maturity demands, control, and communication
uninvolved parenting style
low in nurturance, maturity demands, control, and communication
inductive discipline
discipline strategy in which parents explain to children why a punished behavior is wrong
extended family
social network of grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and so on
social skills
set of behaviors that usually lead to being accepted as a play partner or friend by peers
aggression
behavior intended to harm another person or an object
instrumental aggression
aggression sed to gain or damage an object
hostile aggression
aggression used to hurt another person or gain an advantage
prosocial behavior
behavior intended to help another person
