PSY 3135 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Relational Aggression, Developmental Psychology, Social Cognition
16 Nov 2016
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Siblings: important in day-to-day life, sometimes neglected in developmental psychology (compared to mothers esp. ) Maybe because it"s difficult to study, so many variables (different gendered siblings, # of siblings, older/younger, etc. : also true at level of intervention programs (howe & recchia article) First born: more direct interaction with parent(s) More regimented language use ( what does the cat say? : more expectations? (because they"re always ahead in age and development compared to younger siblings) Middle/second born: richer linguistic environment (conversations between older sibling parent middle/youngest) May play role of peacemaker in the house. Earlier stage of research focus birth order: later research process orientation (individualized to the different families) Opportunity for companionship: bidirectional influences (younger sibling might be a bigger achiever , and dynamics that come from that) Opportunity for sibling rivalry: competition for resources. Less focus on static roles ( first second ), more on relations.
