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14 Cards in this Set
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LATENCY PERIOD
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Freud's term:
- for middle childhood - the period in which - sexual urges lie relatively dormant |
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SENSE OF INDUSTRY
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Erikson's theory:
- basic belief - in one's own competence |
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PSYCHOLOGICAL SELF
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concept of self
- made up of psychological characteristics - such as mental abilities - and customary ways of feeling |
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METATHEORY OF SELF
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Children's understanding
- of nature of selves in general |
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SOCIAL SELF
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an awareness that
- self is intimately tied to other people |
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SOCIAL COMPARISON
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tendency to use others
- as source of information - in evaluating self |
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EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING
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capacity to plan and organize behavior
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RELATIONAL AGGRESSION
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Attempts to hurt another person
- by damaging a relationship |
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5 MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS
IN PEER RELATIONS IN MIDDLE CHILDHOOD |
1) children begin to expect more from friends/ including / loyalty and understanding
2) Children start to form networks of friends (or) peer groups 3) children learn to coordinate their allegiance to individual friends with their functioning in a group 4) Adhering to peer group norms becomes increasingly important 5) Clear boundaries for interaction with members of opposite sex develop |
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PEER GROUP NORMS
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- Informal rules governing conduct of children
- within a peer group |
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BORDER WORK
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rituals of teasing
- and ostracism with which elementary school children - maintain the boundary between gender segregated peer groups |
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SOCIOMETRICS
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research technique
- used to measure peer status |
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AGENCY
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tendency to take initiative
- rise to challenges - try to influence events |
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