Socio-emotional Development class (easy assignment)
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chapter1_part1.pptxSocial Development: Chapter 1 Part 1
DEP4182-RVC
Professor Bethany Reeb-Sutherland
Historical Foundations of Development
Until 17th and 18th century, children viewed as miniature adults
Historical Foundations of Development
John Locke
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Charles Darwin
G. Stanley Hall
Historical Foundations of Development
Rousseau vs. Locke
Nature vs. Nurture
John Locke
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Historical Foundations of Development
Charles Darwin
Baby biographies and study of emotion
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Historical Foundations of Development
G. Stanley Hall
Developed questionnaires to study children’s thinking
First to characterize adolescence as a unique developmental phase
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Central Themes/Debates of Development
Nature vs. Nurture
Passivity vs. Activity
Continuity vs. Discontinuity
Universal vs. Particularistic
Multifinality vs. Equifinality
Nature vs. Nurture
How do biological and environmental influences affect a child’s development?
Activity vs. Passivity
What role do children play in their own development?
Continuity vs. Discontinuity
Is development continuous or discontinuous?
Universal vs. Particularistic
Is development universal across cultures?
Multifinality vs. Equifinality
Is there a single developmental pathway?
Specific concerns for social development
Unit of study
Situation effects
Historical/generational effects
Effects of other developmental processes
Influence of others
Judgments of social behavior
What is the appropriate unit for studying social development?
Individual child
Social dyads
Social triads
Peer groups
Is social behavior the result of the situation or the child?
Does child behave differently in different situations?
OR
Do individual characteristics lead children to behave similarly across different situations?
How does social development vary across history/generations?
Gradual shifts
Significant events
Is social development related to other developmental domains?
Emotional development
Cognitive development
Language development
Motor development
How important are mothers for children’s social development?
Who else may influence social development?
What influences how we judge children’s social behavior?
Three sets of factors
Characteristics of the child
Characteristics of the adult
Characteristics of the context
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