Children's Social Development
PSYC – 1000 Introduction to Psychology
Melissa Pascoe
U10a2
The topic that I have chosen to research for my course project is children’s social development. I have had a love for children ever since helping take care of my younger brother when he was a baby. I have two children of my own and my four-month-old nephew living with me. Eventually, I would like to be a youth counselor or probation officer so researching social development would be very interesting to me. Social development is a very important part of healthy growth and development in children. They need to learn how to interact with others in an acceptable way so that they are able to eventually form relationships and comfortably fit into any social situations they may encounter. A parent’s interaction with their child establishes the building blocks for healthy social development. Giving a baby a lot of love and attending to their needs will help establish a bond and will allow them to grow in a comfortable, socially healthy atmosphere and be confident. All sources are from the Capella Library. The first source is about play behavior and the relationship between pretend play and social competence. The second source is about the psychobiological perspective of social development. The third source examines the relationship between social information processing and children’s social adjustment. This is a peer-reviewed journal article. The research methods for this article are empirical and quantitative study. Empirical study involves experience and observational research. Quantitative research involves the use of structured questions where the response options have been predetermined and a large number of respondents are involved.
Socially competent children display behaviors that indicate stable, flexible, and emotionally mature pattern of social adaption that involves identifying, responding, and interpreting cues in their social environment. The characteristics of
Melissa Pascoe
U10a2
The topic that I have chosen to research for my course project is children’s social development. I have had a love for children ever since helping take care of my younger brother when he was a baby. I have two children of my own and my four-month-old nephew living with me. Eventually, I would like to be a youth counselor or probation officer so researching social development would be very interesting to me. Social development is a very important part of healthy growth and development in children. They need to learn how to interact with others in an acceptable way so that they are able to eventually form relationships and comfortably fit into any social situations they may encounter. A parent’s interaction with their child establishes the building blocks for healthy social development. Giving a baby a lot of love and attending to their needs will help establish a bond and will allow them to grow in a comfortable, socially healthy atmosphere and be confident. All sources are from the Capella Library. The first source is about play behavior and the relationship between pretend play and social competence. The second source is about the psychobiological perspective of social development. The third source examines the relationship between social information processing and children’s social adjustment. This is a peer-reviewed journal article. The research methods for this article are empirical and quantitative study. Empirical study involves experience and observational research. Quantitative research involves the use of structured questions where the response options have been predetermined and a large number of respondents are involved.
Socially competent children display behaviors that indicate stable, flexible, and emotionally mature pattern of social adaption that involves identifying, responding, and interpreting cues in their social environment. The characteristics of
References: McAloney, K., & Stagnitti, K. (2009). Pretend play and social play: The concurrent validity of the Child-Initiated Pretend Play Assessment. International Journal of Play Therapy, 18(2), (pp. 99-113). Retrieved August 10, 2009, http://ezproxy.library.capella.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com.library.capella.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=2009-05645-005&site=ehost-live&scope=site Mason, W.A. (2008, December). Social development: A psychobiological perspective. Integrative Psychological & Behavioral Science, 42(4), 389-396. Retrieved August 18, 2009, http://ezproxy.library.capella.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com.library.capella.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=2008-14774-006&site=ehost-live&scope=site Gifford-Smith, M., & Rabiner, D. (2005). Social information processing and children 's social adjustment. Children 's peer relations: From development to intervention, (pp. 61-79). American Psychological Association. Retrieved August 18, 2009, http://ezproxy.library.capella.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com.library.capella.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pzh&AN=2004-95036-004&site=ehost-live&scope=site