SDS150R Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Latency Stage, Libido, Extraversion And Introversion
14 Oct 2014
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Chapter 10: social and personality development in middle childhood. Freud between 6 and puberty: children repress libidinal desires to concentrate on social skills (latency stage: challenge of the middle childhood years was to form emotional bonds with their peers. Argued that children who lack success in school can develop it by participating in culturally valued pursuits outside of academic settings. For nstance, a child who is reasonably extraverted responds to peer rejection by becoming more determined to be accepted by the group. One who is introverted, would likely be so emotionally distraught by the taunts of her playmates that she would actively avoid social situations in the future. Encouragement from people that children value and respect also contributes to self- efficacy. Individual experiences has the greatest influence on self-efficacy. Valued self it is when they reach school age around age 7 that children first develop a global self- evaluation (self esteem) self-esteem is subject to a good deal of variation.
