Researchers use this term to describe children's understanding of other people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
What is social cognition?
100
These are necessary for normal psychological development.
What is peer relations?
100
Popular children tend to be friendly, cooperative, sensitive, and good-natured. Rejected children tend to be aggressive, hostile, and disruptive. Neglected children tend to be this.
What is shy and withdrawn?
100
This researcher's theory of moral development focuses on children's conceptions of rules, fairness, and justice.
Who is Kohlberg?
200
The tendency of some aggressive children to interpret social situations as personally threatening or hostile, even when the intentions of other actors are unclear.
What is hostile attribution bias?
200
Perspective-taking abilities develop gradually during these school years.
What is elementary?
200
Positive peer relations can influence children's feelings of efficacy, competence, and also this.
What is self-worth?
200
These types of learning activities are particularly effective in promoting positive peer relations.
What is cooperative learning activities?
200
This researcher argues that women are likely to make moral decisions based on an ethic of care.
Who is Gilligan?
300
A view based on information processing theory that information in social situations is encoded, interpreted, evaluated, and responded to in a sequential manner.
What is social information processing theory?
300
Between these ages, children begin to develop theories of mind.
What is three and five?
300
Elementary school children prefer small peer groups made up of the same kind of this.
What is gender?
300
These behaviors involve acts of caring, helping, sharing, and cooperating with others.
What is prosocial behaviors?
300
This type of education is becoming more popular in schools today. It is most effective as an integral component of the curriculum and school culture.
What is character education?
400
Unfounded negative feelings toward a person because of his or her membership in a group.
What is prejudice?
400
African American and Latino children are more likely to be aware of racial stereotypes than this group.
What is European Americans?
400
This issue regarding cliques and crowds is highest in early adolescence.
What is peer conformity?
400
This form of aggression has a negative impact on the school environment, as well as long-term negative effects on students.
What is bullying behavior?
400
Participation in these types of programs contributes to youth development by teaching them effective communication, teamwork, and civic responsibility.
What is service learning?
500
One of the important aspects of the development of social cognition that involves being able to imagine what others may be thinking and feeling.
What is perspective-taking skills?
500
More than half of hate crimes in the United States are committed by young people under this age.
What is 21?
500
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender adolescents are at greatest risk for this.
What is harassment?
500
Many schools are implementing these two programs to help aggressive, immature children to develop missing social skills.
What is conflict resolution and peer mediation?
500
This researcher theorized that schools are an important place for the development of caring and compassion.