middle childhood psychosocial development

erickson - industry/inferiority

• desire/need to accomplish task

• “I can do it” vs “I can’t do it”

• ok not to feel industry in everything

• extremes- workaholic vs not trying

the self - overview

• self-understanding

• understanding others

specific “self” terms

• self-concept

• self-esteem

• self-efficacy

• creating realistic versions of self-concept and self-esteem

Kohlberg stages

• preconventional (stages 1-2)

• conventional (stages 3-4)

• postconventional (stages 5-6)

criticsims of Kohlberg

• thought vs behavior

• conscious/deliberate vs unconscious/automatic

• cultural bias

• underestimating social aspect

• gender/care perspective

emotional development

• improved overall understanding

• awareness that multiple emotions happen

• awareness of events leading to emotions

• able to suppress/conceal negative emotions

• use of self-initiated strategies

• capacity for genuine empathy

friends and peers

• importance of friendships

• variation across cultures

bigelow and la gaipa (1975)

• reward-cost to nomrative expectation to empathy and understanding

Selman (1980)

• momentary physical interaction

• one way assistance

• fair weather cooperation

• intimate and mutual sharing

• autonomous interdependence

bullying

• verbal

• social

• physical

• cyberbullying

• zero tolerance

• interventions

families

• family functions

• changes in parent-child relationship

• parents as managers

• role of attachment

sex and gender differences

• physical

• cognitive

• psychosocial

current issues

• educational and social impacts of COVID-19

• technology/social media

• school shootings and gun violence