PSYC 289 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Moral Responsibility, 6 Years, Learned Helplessness
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Industry vs. inferiority: driven by adult expectations & child"s drive o. More balanced, less all-or-none descriptions o o. Know that they can be good at some things and not at others. Ex: i"m good at math, not at reading. See how other people see you & compare self to others. Peer groups emerge, importance increases as approaches adolescence. Cultural variations: us individualistic - tend to describe self as nice, smart o. Collectivist (china) - tend to use group descriptions, 3rd grade, lots of friends. To get child to work towards this, praise efforts rather than outcome o. Attribute it to something out of your control i. e. luck, teacher giving easy spelling words, not good at it. First months after divorce: mothers less affectionate o. 2 years after divorce: mothers more affectionate, better able to discipline. 6 years after divorce: mothers and daughters closer, mothers and sons in conflict. Small increase in emotional problems of adult children.
