PSY 256 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: David Reimer
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Toddlers: beginning to see self as a separate being. Recognizing themselves: beginning to feel empathy. Language developed leads to categorizing of self. Organize behavior in line with social categories. Tied to self-awareness: inhibiting impulses, manage negative emotion, behave in acceptable ways. Begins around 12-18 months: compliance, delay of grati cation. Develop self-judgments at 4: ability to make friends, ability to learn in school. Make important gains in emotional competence from 2-6 years: able to talk about feelings, able to recognize/respond to other"s emotions, cope better with intense negative emotion, experience more self-conscious emotions. Empathy can lead to: sympathy, distress. 3 steps of social development of 2-5 years old. Monday, february 6, 2017: nonsocial activity, parallel play, true social interaction. Focuses on play and sharing of toys: doesn"t have enduring quality or involve mutual trust yet. Parental in uencies: arranging play dates, modeling group behavior, secure attachment. Acquired through modeling and reinforcement: behavior learned via modeling, reinforced via conditioning.
