HDF 313 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Social Cognition
23 Mar 2017
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By age 2: strategies to deal with fear, anger, and frustration. In early childhood (beginning at age 3) continued growth in. In early childhood (beginning at age 3) continued growth in social. 3-year-olds expand their social world to include peer relationships. Who is a peer: someone with whom we share equal power. How do peer relationships contribute to our emotional. They meet a basic need for our mental health. 3/22/17: abilities to adapt and adjust, fewer psychological problems, school achievement. Positive peer relationships impact self-concept and future relationships. In early childhood, children demonstrate the cognitive ability for the expansion of complex pretend. In preschool, a friend is a preferred play partners. Perspective-taking: adapts to interests of group when entering ongoing play, caring, interested in others (helping, comforting) Social information processing: understands the emotional expression of others and emotional situations, controls impulses, regulates emotions.
