PSYC21H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Oedipus Complex, Systematic Desensitization, Albert Bandura
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Chapter 1 introduction: theories of social development. It is a description of children"s social behavior and how it changes as children get older. It is a description of children"s ideas about themselves and other people, their relationships with peers and adults, their emotional expressions and displays, and their ability to function in social groups. It traces continuities and discontinuities in children"s social behavior, relationships, and ideas over time. It is also an explanation of the processes that lead to changes in social behavior and to individual differences among children. For some scholars, unraveling the mysteries of social development is a goal in itself. It allows them to satisfy their curiosity about why some children become juvenile delinquents and others become model teens. They gather information about social development to help people make better decisions about children"s lives. The study of children"s development is a relatively recent enterprise.
