CFS 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Social Skills, Absenteeism, Effective Schools
14 Feb 2017
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Who or what is a peer and what functions do peers serve: peers social equals, operating at similar levels of behavioral complexity, peers as equal-status contacts. The development of peer sociability: sociability willingness to engage others in social interaction and to seek their attention or approval. Peer sociability in infancy and toddlerhood: begin interacting in middle of 1st year, 12-18 months engaging in complex interactions, 18 months coordinated interactions and imitation, 20-24 months verbal component. Complementary roles: sense of intersubjectivity (ability to share meaning, intentions, and goals) is essential for pretend play. Sociability during the preschool period: nonsocial activity. Watch but do not join: parallel play. Play side-by-side, little interaction, declines with age. Associative play: share, but do not cooperate to achieve shared goals. Cooperative play: collaborate, both associative and cooperative become more common with age. Play also becomes more cognitively complex with age: predicts future social competencies.
