PSYC21H3 Lecture : Class 2 – PSYC21H3.docx
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What is the study of social development: description of children, social behavior and how it changes over time, knowledge of themselves and others. The results based on whether it is passive or active: what is the appropriate unit for studying social development, sibling groups or parent child groups. Is development continues: level of development, period of development, level of use (strategy 1 or strategy 2 or strategy 3) Is social behavior the result of the situation or the child: the parent and child they act differently. 6 steps: encode cues, interpret ques, clarity goals, review possible actions, decide on an action, act on decision. Chronosystem: play is an important factor, it can have a social process , you learn by play. Interplay between the child and different system: macro system attitudes of culture, exosystem- extended family, mesosystem family playground, microsystem society and the law , not a direct role but still present.
