FMST 210 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Preadolescence, Mental Model, Longitudinal Study
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Chapter 8: social and personality development in early childhood: theories of social and personality development, psychoanalytic perspectives (optional reading not on the exams, social-cognitive perspectives. Assumption that social and emotional changes in the child are the result of (or facilitated by) enormous growth in cognitive abilities that happens during preschool years: person perception. Perception of others is based on recent events. Perception of others is based on observable characteristics. Perception of others is often based on their own characteristics (e. g. remembering those who are similar to you in terms of race or age more easily) (c) define the cross-race effect and age when it is established. A phenomenon in which individuals are more likely to remember the faces of people of their own race than the faces of people of a different race. Established around age 5: understanding rule categories.
