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Life-Span Development, 8/e
John W. Santrock, University of Texas - Dallas

Early Childhood
Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood

Chapter Outline

  1. EMOTIONAL AND PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT

      The Self

        Initiative Versus Guilt

        Self-Understanding

      Emotional Development

        Developmental Timetable of Young Children?s Emotion Language and Understanding

      Moral Development

        What Is Moral Development?

        Piaget's View of How Children's Moral Reasoning Develops

        Moral Behavior

        Moral Feelings

      Gender

        What Is Gender?

        Biological Influences

        Social Influences

        Cognitive Influences

  2. FAMILIES

      Parenting

        Parenting Styles

        Child Abuse

        Parenting: Nature and Nurture

        Good Parenting Takes Time and Effort

      Sibling Relationships and Birth Order

      The Changing Family in a Changing Society

        Working Parents

        Effects of Divorce on Children

        Cultural, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Variations in Families

  3. PEER RELATIONS, PLAY, AND TELEVISION

      Peer Relations

      Play

        Play's Functions

        Parten's Classic Study of Play

        Types of Play

      Television

        Television's Many Roles

        Amount of Television Watched by Children

        Effects of Television on Children's Aggression and Prosocial Behavior

        Television and Cognitive Development