01:830:331 : CHapter 15 review guideline answers
30 Oct 2014
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How does peer sociability develop in infancy, preschool, middle childhood, and adolescence: infancy: Looking accompanied by touching is present at 3-4 months. Peer directed smiles and babbles by 6 months. Reciprocal play and positive emotion in toddlers: preschool years. Child plays near other children with similar materials but does not try to influence their behavior. Higher level, two forms of true social interaction present: Associative play: children engage in separate activities but exchange toys and comment on one another"s behaviors. Cooperative play: a more advanced type of interaction, children orient toward a common goal, such as acting out make- believe theme, middle childhood and adolescence. Begins in preschool years and continues onto middle childhood. Over middle childhood children interact often with peers until adolescence. Spend more time with peers than with any other social partners. Most people are proficient in many complex social behaviors.
