week 9 Flashcards
(42 cards)
play
- activities that children engage in for their inherent enjoyment
- enjoyable, active, voluntary
- solitary or social
- essential part of development
- child centred play therapy (CCPT)
parten’s classification of children’s social play
- non social vs social
- allows us to understand the development of play across early childhood
- believes solitary play = less complex than social play
non social types of play
unoccupied
- briefly watches things ands turns away
- not engaging
non social types of play
onlooker
- watching another child play
non social types of play
solitary
- not paying attention to others
social types of play
parallel play
- alongside each other but not engaging with each other
social types of play
associative play
- same task together
social types of play
cooperative play
- peers, organized activity goal
peers
- people of approx same age and status
friend
- individuals that have intimate, reciprocated and positive relationships
children’s choice of friendships
- similarity
- temperament
- interests
- emotions
- behaviour
- level of cognitive development
- proximity (less important with age)
- gender
developmental changes in friendship
12-18 months
- show preference to some than others, reaching out
developmental changes in friendship
24 months
- imitating peers social behaviours
developmental changes in friendship
3-4 years
- make and maintain friendships
- same gender play preferences
- able to identify best friend
developmental changes in friendship
5-8 years
- better communicate with friends vs non friends
developmental changes in friendship
9 years
- more sensitive to treatment of others
- friends = peers that take care of others needs
developmental changes in friendship
adolescence
- more important, spend more time with peers, increased reliance
- intimacy, self disclosure
selman (1980)
- age related changes in children’s friendships are tied to qualitative shifts in perspective taking abilities, jump not gradual
- piaget, thinking of others, beyond their own needs
role of internet and social media in friendships
- social media, texting important for modern day interactions/friendships
- greater anonymity, less emphasis on physical appearance (sometimes)
- more control over interactions
- finding similar peers
- 24/7 access
perspectives on use of technology
rich get richer
- good social skills, benefit from technology
- existing friends maintaining/ enhancing
social compensation
- social media is valuable for lonely/shy/less adjusted people
jean m twenge
- internet and social media impacts mental health
- online not as satisfying as in person, not a direct substitute
- decrease in in person interaction, increase loneliness
effects of friendships
- support and validation
- buffer against unpleasant experiences
- helps develop social skills and positive relationships with other people
potential costs of friendships/negative peer interactions
- hard to determine who is influencing who
- aggression/disruptiveness
- alcohol/substance abuse
- bullying and victimization
peer socialization hypothesis
- peers lead an individual adolescent to change their behaviour