Review of SocialEmotional Development

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(Review of) Social/Emotional Development

• Development of Self
• Social role-taking
• Moral development
• Social/emotional development and the Web

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Development of Self

• Self what makes an individual unique
• Self-concept, self-awareness, identity formation
• Essential for socialization
• Socialization process by which child develops
  behaviours, beliefs, values of society

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Who Am I?

• Concept about self parallels cognitive
  development
• I am
• I am
• I am

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Damon Hart (1982, 1988)

• 4 Selves
• Physical
• Active
• Social
• Psychological
• Levels (stages) of self
• 6-9 categorical
• 10-12 comparative
• 13-16 interpersonal
• 17 systematic beliefs and plans

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Person Perception

• Characterization of another person
• affects interactions with the other person
• depends on developmental level

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Person Perception
Psychological constructs
Behavioural comparisons
Percent Use
Psychological comparisons
6 years 11 years
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Social Role Taking
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Holly Dilemma

• Holly is an 8-year old girl who likes to climb
  trees. She is the best tree climber in the
  neighborhood. One day, while climbing down from
  a tall tree, she falls off the bottom branch but
  does not hurt herself. Her father sees her fall.
  He is upset and asks her to promise not to climb
  trees anymore. Holly promises. Later that day,
  Holly and her friends meet Sean. Seans kitten
  is caught up in a tree and cannot get down.
  Something has to be done right away or the kitten
  may fall. Holly is the only one who climbs trees
  well enough to reach the kitten and get it down,
  but she remembers her promise to her father.
• Will Hollys father understand if she climbs the
  tree?
• Does Holly think she will be punished for
  climbing the tree?

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Holly Dilemma

• Social-informational
• If he knew why she climbed the tree, he wouldnt
  be angry but if he didnt know why, he would be
  angry.
• Self-reflective
• Holly knows her father will understand why she
  climbed the tree.
• Mutual
• Holly will have to make sure her father
  understands why she climbed the tree.
• Societal
• Holly was acting compassionately in saving the
  kitten. Her father appreciates this and wont
  punish her.

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Charlie Dilemma

• Charlie likes to play Mortal Combat over the
  Internet. Mortal Combat is an extremely violent
  game. Charlies mother finds Charlie playing the
  game one day and tells Charlie that it an awful
  game. She goes on to explain how research has
  shown that playing violent games is related to
  violent behaviour. She asks Charlie to promise
  not to play Mortal Combat again. Charlie
  promises. Charlie has just moved to a new
  neighborhood and is getting to know the other
  kids. Charlie goes to a new friends house where
  all the boys are playing Mortal Combat. Charlie
  remembers his promise to his mother.
• Will Charlies mother understand if he plays the
  game with the other boys?
• Does Charlie think he will be punished for
  playing the game?

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Charlie Dilemma

• Social-informational
• Self-reflective
• Mutual
• Societal

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Moral Development

• Kohlberg extended Piagetian theory to understand
  moral development
• Three Levels
• Preconventional Morality authority figures
• Punishment and Obedience
• Instrumental Purpose
• Conventional Morality social norms
• Interpersonal Conformity
• Law and Order
• Postconventional Morality moral justice
• Social Contract
• Universal Ethics

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Heinz Dilemma

• In Europe, a woman was near death from cancer.
  There was one drug the doctors thought might save
  her. A druggist in the same town had discovered
  it, but he was charging 10 times what the drug
  cost him to make. The sick womans husband,
  Heinz, went to everyone he knew to borrow money,
  but he could only get together half of what it
  cost. The druggist refused to sell it cheaper or
  let Heinz pay later. So Heinz got desperate and
  broke into the mans store to steal the drug for
  his wife.
• Should Heinz have done that?

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Heinz Dilemma

• Punishment and Obedience
• No! Might get caught. or Yes, drug was too
  expensive.
• Instrumental Purpose
• No, someone might break into his store some
  day. or Yes, he might need the same done for
  him some day.
• Interpersonal Conformity
• Yes, even tho he may go to jail. A person will
  do anything for a loved one.
• Law and Order
• No, its against the law.
• Social Contract
• It depends.
• Universal Ethics
• Its his choice and must be respected. Maybe he
  should steal the drug, give it to his wife and
  then turn himself in.

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Henry Dilemma

• Using Napster or some other music capturing
  software is illegal. Henry has a new girlfriend
  and he wants to give her a really nice birthday
  present. His girlfriend really likes Creed so
  Henry goes to HMV to buy her a Creed CD. HMV has
  really increased its prices and Henry cant
  afford the CD. He finds the latest album on a
  Napster-like site. Henry was desperate for his
  girlfriends affection so he downloaded the music
  and burned her a CD for her birthday.
• Should Henry have done that?

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Henry Dilemma

• Punishment and Obedience
• Instrumental Purpose
• Interpersonal Conformity
• Law and Order
• Social Contract

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Putting it all Together