PSY 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Family Values, Lev Vygotsky, Emotion Recognition
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Peer relationships provide special opportunities for children"s development. Piaget: children are more open and spontaneous expressing ideas and beliefs with peers. Vygotsky: children learn and develop cognitive capacities in peer interactions. Having at least one same-sex peer friend is universal. Reciprocities: mutual regard for one another, exhibiting give-and-take in their behaviour (such as. Friendship: an intimate, reciprocated positive relationship between two people. Peers: people of approximately the same age and status. Friendships cooperation and negotiation), and benefiting in comparable ways from their social exchanges. Culture & children"s peer experience or wants companionship. Young children proximity is key: neighbours, etc. Gender: mostly same-gender, cross-gender increases from 8th to 11th grade. Being allowed to contact with peers in public areas vs. being in family yard. Total number of hours that children spend with peers. Chinese culture emphasise collectivism, which values the good of the group over individual needs.