SOCPSY 1Z03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Feral Child, Operant Conditioning, Reinforcement

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Social Psychology
• Course: SOCPSY 1Z03
• Professor: Erica Speakman

Document Summary

Form relationships on their own terms (to some degree) choose" their friends. Interactions without direct adult supervision (learn without parental supervision) Less of a power dynamic than family (do not need to obey like you would with parents) Parents these days are choosing the friends of their children via playdates. Function of school is to socialize (and to educate in a social setting) Exposure to a different set of skills and expectations (learning objectives, how to treat others) Public evaluation and social comparison (learning to improve, learning about fairness, and impacts the sense of self) Become more in uential in recent years (bc children are more exposed to media) A sequence of behaviours, actions, and consequences that are expected in a particular situation (learn these through socialization) Scripts rely on our prior knowledge to help us navigate our social situations and include behaviours, roles and props (how to act in a given situation based on what we already know)