Types of Children
Children who are seldom mentioned, either positively or negatively, on self-report measures of social preferences.
What are neglected children?
refers to like-ability - the extent to which a child is viewed by a group of agemates as a worthy social partner.
What is peer acceptance?
How can parents foster emotional regulation?
modeling and teaching emotion regulation strategies.
believe others are either good or bad
Fixed view of personality traits
Children who receive many positive votes on self report measures of social preferences, indicating they are well-liked.
What are popular children?
A destructive form of peer interaction in which particular children become targets of verbal or physical attacks or other forms of abuse.
Peer Victimization
strategy for managing emotion. If problem solving doesn't work, person engages in internal private regulation of distress when little can be done about an outcome.
Emotion-centered coping
Intergroup contact, common goals, working together, cooperative learning groups with peers with diverse backgrounds, long term contact and collaboration, neighborhood, community groups.
Ways to reduce prejudice
Children who receive many votes, both positive and negative, on self-report measures of social preferences, indicating that they are both liked and disliked.
What are controversial children?
spelling, reading, art, and music viewed as feminine. Math, athletics, and mechanical skills as masculine. Attitudes of teachers and parents influence childrens' preference for and sense of competence at these skills
Gender Stereotypes
strategy for managing emotion. Person looks at situation as changeable and identifies difficulty, then decides what to do.
Problem-centered coping
By what age do children no longer say truth telling is always good and lying is always bad but also consider prosocial and antisocial intentions and the context of the behavior.
By age 7-8
Children who receive average numbers of positive and negative votes on self-report measures of social preferences.
What are average children?
The degree to which a child feels similar to others of the same gender.
Gender Typicality
2 types of praise utilized in educational settings
Person Praise: emphasizes a child's trait; could lead to low self-esteem
Process Praise: emphasizes effort and behavior; leads to mastery orientation and higher self-esteem
they take into account the variables of a situation. They realize self defense violence is ok and telling the truth is bad sometimes whereas lying can be ok in certain situations
A subtype of popular children who are both socially acceptable and admired and who combine social and academic competence.
What are popular prosocial children?
popular, rejected, controversial, neglected, average
5 Categories of Peer Acceptance
Feeling of being in control of emotions due to well developed emotional self regulation.
Emotional Self-efficacy
How can overly high self-esteem affect prejudice?
those with high SE are more likely to have racial prejudice because they view themselves are superior