Chapter 10 - Socioemotional development in middle and late childhood. The years of middle and late childhood bring many changes to children’s social and emotional lives. Transformations in their relationships with parents and peers occur, and schooling takes on a more academic fl avor. The development of their self-conceptions, moral reasoning, and moral behavior is also substantial. | © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved Chapter 10: Socioemotional Development in Middle and Late Childhood Life-Span Development Thirteenth Edition The Self The Development of Self Understanding During middle and late childhood: Defining one’s “self” shifts to using internal characteristics or personality traits. Children recognize social aspects of the self Social comparison increases © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved The Self Understanding Others Children show an increase in perspective taking – the ability to assume other people’s perspectives and understand their thoughts and feelings Children become increasingly skeptical of others’ claims © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved The Self Self-Esteem and Self-Concept Self-esteem: global evaluations of the self Self-concept: domain-specific evaluations of the self Children with high self-esteem Do not necessarily perform better in school Have greater . | © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved Chapter 10: Socioemotional Development in Middle and Late Childhood Life-Span Development Thirteenth Edition The Self The Development of Self Understanding During middle and late childhood: Defining one’s “self” shifts to using internal characteristics or personality traits. Children recognize social aspects of the self Social comparison increases © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved The Self Understanding Others Children show an increase in perspective taking – the ability to assume other people’s perspectives and understand their thoughts and feelings Children become increasingly skeptical of others’ claims © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved The Self Self-Esteem and Self-Concept Self-esteem: global evaluations of the self Self-concept: domain-specific evaluations of the self Children with high self-esteem Do not necessarily perform better in school Have greater initiative (can be positive or negative) © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved The Self Four Ways to Improve Self-Esteem Identify causes of low self-esteem Provide emotional support and social approval Help child achieve Help child cope © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved The Self Self-Efficacy: belief that one can master a situation and produce favorable outcomes Increased capacity for self-regulation Deliberate efforts to manage one’s behavior, emotions, and thoughts, leading to increased social competence and achievement © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved The Self Industry vs. Inferiority (Erickson) Industry: children become interested in how things work Inferiority: parents who see their children’s efforts as mischief may encourage inferiority © 2011 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved Emotional Development Developmental Changes Include: Improved emotional understanding Increased .
