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Social Development: Overheads
Raising a Child
(Baking a Baby?)
A child has .
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Biological
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Cognitive
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Social
. . . needs
These needs are
met through interaction with
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Family
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Neighborhood
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Community
A Transactional
Model of Development
Hallmarks of
Development
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Age
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Biological Development
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Cognitive
Development
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Social
Development
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System
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0-2 yrs
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live and interact with the world |
coordination of sensory and motor systems |
complete dependence on caregiver |
family |
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2-5 yrs
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gross motor coordination |
representational skills |
beginning
self identity |
family |
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5-7 yrs
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fine motor coordination |
causal thinking |
self in relation to others |
family
neighborhood |
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7-12 yrs
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growth |
problem solving |
peer acceptance |
family
neighborhood
community |
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12-16 yrs
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puberty |
abstract representation |
peer acceptance |
family
neighborhood
community |
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16-18 yrs
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adult refinement |
relativistic
logical
abstract relationships |
self-acceptance |
family
neighborhood
community |
What is the Role
of Parents?
Current Zeitgeist
Parents shape children
Sandra Scarr
“Good enough parent”
Judith Rich Harris
“Good parents can sometimes have bad kids.”
Remember the
Enduring Issues!
Conceptualizing
social (& every other) development
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Stages or continuous?
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Individual differences?
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Coherence or independence?
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Sources of development?
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