10-Study Guide
Early Childhood-Psychosocial Development
#1- Discuss the concepts of emotional regulation and development at this stage,
focusing on externalizing and internalizing emotional problems.
#2-Discuss the types of play children use, along with the types of playmates that
children prefer.
#3-Discuss sociodramatic play and how it benefits the children.
#4-Discuss and give examples of Baumrind's three parenting styles along with
neglectfull or uninvolved parenting.
#5-Discuss the development of morality, including parental discipline, empathy, and
antipathy.
#6-Discuss the four types of aggression and give an example of the type of
aggression that destroys another's self-esteem and social support system.
#7-Discuss the concepts of physical and psychological punishment, along with the
effects of each.
#8-Discuss the strategies of timeout (exclusion) and conversation as discipline
strategies and the effects of each of these. Also indicate how much time a 10-yearold child should receive in timeout, and how you determined that.
#9-Discuss the Psychoanalytic viewpoint of this stage in development including the
Oedipus complex, the Electra complex, and how the Superego develops.
#10-Discuss Operant conditioning and the social learning theory as related to the
development of gender roles.
#11-Discuss the cognitive theory, and gender schema, in the development of gender
roles.