Psych ch 8- Early Childhood- Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood – Flashcards

Children receive feedback about their abilities; evaluate what they do as better, worse or as good as what other children do. Harder to judge this at home because siblings are either younger or older. Able to interact with children of their same age.

Sensorimotor play: Infants derive pleasure from excericising their existing sensorimotor schemas. select objects that make noise or bounce. Practice play: repetition of behavior when new skills are being learned or mastered, especially for games or sports. Pretense/symbolic play: child transforms physical environment into a symbol. Social play: interaction with peers. Constructive play: combines sensorimotor/practice play with symbolic representation. Games: Activities that are engaged in for pleasure and have rules.

Infants derive pleasure from excericising their existing sensorimotor schemas. select objects that make noise or bounce.

repetition of behavior when new skills are being learned or mastered, especially for games or sports.

child transforms physical environment into a symbol. imagination games

interaction with peers

combines sensorimotor/practice play with symbolic representation.

Activities that are engaged in for pleasure and have rules.

Effects of too much TV: less homework done, violent models, unrealistic views of the world, less social interaction, obese, poor sleep habits.

the belief that one can produce favorable outcomes. Ability to produce what you desire.

acting in accordance with something outside of self, like desires, rather than reason or moral duty.

having self-government, at least to a significant degree.