PSYB20H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Helicopter Parent, Working Mother, Advantageous
18 Dec 2016
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Chapter 13: psychosocial development in middle childhood: the developing self, self-concept development: representational systems. Children reach the third stage of self-concept development. Judgments about the self become more conscious because children develop representational systems, which are broad, inclusive self-concepts that integrate various aspects of the self. Can compare your actual self with your ideal self: self-esteem. Children"s view of their capacity for productive work. If children feel inadequate to peers, they may go to the family. If they become too industrious, may develop poor social relationships and become workaholics in adulthood. Parents strongly influence a child"s beliefs about competence: emotional growth. Awareness of their own and other people"s feelings increases. Can better regulate, control their emotions and respond to other"s emotions. By 7 or 8, children know difference between guilt and shame, and shame and pride. Children are aware of their culture"s rules for appropriate emotional expression.
