Chapter Five: Entering The Social World: Socioemotional Development in Infancy and Early Childhood
Chapter Five: Entering The Social World: Socioemotional Development in Infancy and Early Childhood
Chapter Five: Entering The Social World: Socioemotional Development in Infancy and Early Childhood
• Consequences of Attachment
– Infant–parent attachment lays the foundation for all the
infant’s later social relationships
Secure attachment:
o Prototype for later successful relationships
Non-satisfying first relationship:
o More prone to problems in their social interactions as preschoolers
School-age children are less likely to have behavior problems if
they have successful attachment relationships
• Culture influences
– India and Peru – parents do not routinely engage in
pretend play with their children and children do not
begin pretend play until older
– The content of pretend play reflects cultural values
European American children—adventure and fantasy
Korean American children—family roles and everyday activities
• Feelings of responsibility
• Feelings of competence
• Mood
• Costs of altruism
• Parental Differences
– Fathers, more than mothers, treat sons and daughters
differently
Encourage gender-related play
Punish their sons more but accept their daughter’s dependence
– Mothers tend to respond based on each child’s need,
and fathers respond based on gender stereotypes.