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Interpersonal Behaviors. Development of social skills experience/practice direct teaching observation. Developmental Trends, Peer Interaction. Infancy attachment, joint attention, play, & language Early childhood play groups of 2 or 3 children
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Interpersonal Behaviors • Development of social skills • experience/practice • direct teaching • observation
Developmental Trends, Peer Interaction • Infancy • attachment, joint attention, play, & language • Early childhood • play groups of 2 or 3 children • unoccupied behavior, solitary play, onlooker behavior, parallel play, associative play, cooperative play (including sociodramatic/fantasy)
Developmental Trends, Peer Interaction • Middle childhood • group activities, esp. rule-based games • eagerness to conform to social norms • managing conflicts and cooperation • Early adolescence • increased reliance on peers for support and recreation • more peer pressure • increased group division by race or ethnicity • Late adolescence • greater ability to view others as individuals • fewer groups, more flexibility in selecting friends
Peer Acceptance Researchers ask for peer nominations to classify children • Popular • well-liked by peers • Rejected • identified as not liked • Neglected • few intense feelings of like or dislike by peer group • Controversial • strongly liked by some, strongly disliked by others • Average • liked by some, disliked by others
Friendships • Voluntary • Powered by shared routines • Reciprocal • Ongoing, dependable mutual support
Characteristics of Friendships • Infancy • imitation, simple interaction, shared emotion • Early childhood • conversation, social and pretend play • Middle childhood • loyalty, stability • Early adolescence • self-disclosure, bouts of possessiveness • Late adolescence • selectivity, emotional dependence