Key Words From Chapter 3

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Mental Models

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Students enduring beliefs and expectations about what they are like and what other people are life.
Ex. Of Self- am I lovable, do I deserve attention and care? Of Others- are others responsive? are they trustworthy?

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Trust

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Confidence that the other person in the relationship cares, is looking out for your welfare and will be there when needed

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Social Competence

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How skilled children and adolescents are at managing the often frustrating and challenging experiences they have with other people

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Identity

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The sense of being a distinct and productive individual within the larger social framework

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Situational Compliance

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Co-operatively carrying out a teachers directions (do this, dont do that) with a sense of obligation rather than true commitment.
"I'm only doing my homework because I can't play with friends until I'm done"

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Relationship

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Interaction between two people in which the actions of one person affect the thoughts, feelings and actions of the other person and vice versa

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Relatedness

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The pyschological need to establish close emotional bonds and attachements with other people

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Pyschosocial Development

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A broad term to describe the quality of a persons social development as a function of past relationships in ones life

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Supportiveness

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An affirmation of the other persons capacity for self direction and contribution to help realize his or her self set goals

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Instrumental Aggression

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Strategic behavior to obtain something one desires through the use of harm inflicted on another person

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Power Assertion

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A socialization strategy designed to gain complience through coercion, pressure, forceful insistence and a negative or critcal interaction style

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Initiative

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The childs capacity to use a surplus of energy to plan and constructively carry out a task

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Social Comparison

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The act of comparing ones personal characteristics, performance and abilities to those of others

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Commited Compliance

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Co-operatively carrying out a request (do this, dont do that) with an eager, willing and sincere commitment "I'm doing my homework because I really want to do well, its important to ME"

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Moral Development

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Students judgements about what is right and wrong, and the reasoning behind those beliefs.

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Gentle Discipline

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A socialization strategy that revolves around explaining why a way of thinking or behaving is right or wrong

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Attachment

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A close emotional relationship between two persons that is characterized by mutual affection and the desire to maintian proximity with the other

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Generativity

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The sense of beign productive in ones work and in looking after and guiding others

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Conscience

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The capacity to use ones moral cognition, moral emotions and moral self to inhibit aggression and to initiate alturism and helping

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Self Esteem

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Trust applied to ones self; an attitude that one is worthy of a positive or negative self evaluation
(Balance or resiliance- the ability to bounce back from negative and stay grounded after positive)

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Hostile Aggression

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The anger driven inpulse to inflict intentional harm on another person

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Care

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An emotional concern or sense of responsibility to protect or enhance another persons wellfare or well being

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Competence

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The pyschological need to be effective as one interacts with the surrounding environment

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Aggression

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Any intentional behavior designed to harm another person or group physically or pyschologically

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Emotion Regulation

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The capacity to modulate or calm internal emotional reactivity during stressful situations

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Self Concept

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Set of beliefs the individual uses to understand or represent his or her sense of self

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Attunement

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Sensing and reading anothers state of being and adjusting ones own behavior accordingly

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4 Characteristics of a High Quality Relationship:

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Attunement, Relatedness, Supportiveness, Gentle Discipline

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8 Characteristic of a Low Quality Relationship:

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Neglect/Abuse, Indifference, Permissivness, Lack of Support, Lack of Involvement, Insensitivity, Rejection, Hostility

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Ericksons Developmental Framework
(Our personality traits works in opposites)

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Infancy - Trust vs Mistrust
Childhood - Autonomy vs Shame
Preschool - Initiative vs Guilt
Elementary - Competence vs Incompetence
High School - Identity vs Role Confusion
College - Intimacy vs Isolation
Career - Generativty vs Stagnation
Reitrement- Integrity vs Despair

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Identity Status in Adolescence:

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Diffused- Not searched or committed to adult roles
Foreclosed - Hasn't explored,but seems sure of direction
Moratorium - Has expolored, still doesnt know
Achieved - Explored and commited

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Kohlbergs Stages of Moral Development

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Precoventional
1- Obedience and punishment- How can I avoid punishment?
2- Self Interest - Whats in it for me?
Conventional
3- Interpersonal accord and conformity - Social norms, good boy/girl
4- Authority and social order maintaining - Law and order
Post Conventional
5- Social Contract - Rights and democratic principles
6- Universal ethical principles - Most just for all of society

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Ethic of Care

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A notion of caring about others (motherly, nuturing, etc)

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Empathy

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Putting someone in someone elses shoes. This can be learned (by students) and taught (by teachers)