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Social Development

Social Development. How does the child develop into a social animal? Connectedness of social development with emotional and cognitive development Importance of cognitions for empathy The child as imbedded in a network of people and activities. Social Development in Infancy.

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Social Development

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  1. Social Development • How does the child develop into a social animal? • Connectedness of social development with emotional and cognitive development • Importance of cognitions for empathy • The child as imbedded in a network of people and activities

  2. Social Development in Infancy • Studying social-emotional behavior • Mother-infant interaction • The still-face procedure • Desynchronized interaction • Attachment – The strange situation • Securely attached (Type B) • Insecurely attached • Avoidant (Type A) • Ambivalent (Type C) • Disorganized (Type D) • Social referencing

  3. Social Development in Infancy • The development of relationships • Relationships are characterized as having goals, a diversity of different interactions, and reciprocity (Hinde, 1976) • The importance of cognition • Knowledge of self and others • Early knowledge of self • The growth of consciousness

  4. The Development of Social Cognition • Theory of mind research • A framework for predicting and explaining what people think and do • The understanding of beliefs • The investigation of false-beliefs • The “Maxi” task (Wimmer & Perner, 1983)

  5. The Development of Social Cognition • The development of intentionality • Intentions and goal attribution Gergely et al., 1995

  6. The Development of Social Cognition • The development of intentionality, con’t • Intentions and goal attribution • Goal-directed behavior and social learning

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