1249. Social and Emotional Development and its Applications.
Prof. Michal Perlman
Email: mperlman@oise.utoronto.ca
Office Phone: (416) 978-0956
Office Hours: By appointment
Session 1
Course overview. The importance of studying social development.
Session 2
The biological underpinnings of behavior.
 Rutter, M. (1997). Nature—Nurture Integration: The example of antisocial
behavior. American Psychologist, 52(4), 390-398.
 Scarr, S. (1992). Developmental theories for the 1990s: Development and
individual differences. Child Development. 63(1), p. 1-19.
Session 3
Historical and theoretical overview
 Freud, S. (1927). The ego and the id, 18-29.
 Piaget, J. (1929). The child’s conception of the world, 1-32.
 Skinner, B.F. (1971). Beyond freedom and dignity, 96-120.
Session 4
Theoretical frameworks for understanding environmental influences on children.
 Minuchin, P. (1985). Families and individual development: Provocations
from the field of family therapy. Child Development. Special Issue: Family
development, 56(2), 289-302.
 Bronfenbrenner, U. (1986). Ecology of the family as a context for human
development: Research perspectives. Developmental Psychology, 22(6),
723-742.
Session 5
Attachment Theory
 Bowlby, J. (1982). Attachment and loss: Retrospect and prospect. American
Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 52(4), 664-678.
 Ainsworth, M.S. (1989). Attachments beyond infancy. American
Psychologist, 44(4), 709-716.
 Moss, E., Cyr, C., Bureau, J., Tarabulsy, G., Dubois-Comtois, K. (2005).
Stability of attachment during the preschool period. Developmental
Psychology, 41(5), 773-783.
Session 6
Socialization and Parenting
 Grusec, J. and Goodnow, J. (1994). Impact of parental discipline methods
on the child’s internalization of values: A reconceptualiation of current
points of view, Developmental Psychology, 30, 4-19.
 Kuczynski, L. & Kochanska, G. (1990). Development of children's
noncompliance strategies from toddlerhood to age 5. Developmental
Psychology, 26(3), 398-408.
Debate 1. Corporal punishment should be outlawed
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Session 7
Peers and children’s friendships: implications for social and emotional
development
 Rubin, K., Coplan, R., Nelson, L., Cheah, C. & Lagace-Sequin, D. (2001).
Peer relationships in childhood. In Bornstein and Lamb (Eds.).
Developmental Psychology, 4th edition. Mahwah, NJ: LEA.
 Coplan, R.J., Rubins, K.H., Fox, N.A., Calkings, S.D., Stewart, S.L. (1994).
Being along, playing alone, and acting alone: Distinguishing among
reticence and passive and active solitude in young children. Child
Development, 65, 129-137.
Debate 2. Boys are more aggressive than girls.
Session 8
Exposure to anger, conflict and divorce
 Amato, P.R. & Keith, B. (1991). Parental divorce and the well-being of
children: A meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 110(1), 26-46.
 Amato, P.R. (2001). Children of divorce in the 1990s: An update of the
Amator and Keith (1991) Meta-Analysis. Journal of Family Psychology,
15(3), 355-370.
 Davies, P.T. & Cummings, E.M. (1995). Children's emotions as organizers
of their reactions to interadult anger: A functionalist perspective.
Developmental Psychology, 31(4), 677-68
Debate 3. Couples should stay together for the sake of the children.
Session 9
Media influences on children’s aggression and other social and emotional
outcomes.
 Jordan, A. (2004). The role of media in children’s development: An
ecological perspective. Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 25(3), p.
196 – 206.
 Cole, C.F., Arafat, C., Tidhar, C., Tafesh, W.Z., Fox, N.A., Killen, M.,
Ardila-Rey, A., Leavitt, L.A., Lesser, G., Richmane, B.A. & Yung, F.
(2003). The educational impact of Rechov Sumsum/Shara’a Simsim: A
Sesame Street television series to promote respect and understanding among
children living in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza. International Journal of
Behavioral Development, 27(5), 409-422.
Debate 4. Exposure to aggressive media is bad for children.
Session 10
Out-of-home care. What are its effects on children’s affective and social
development
 Lamb, M. (1998). Non-parental Child Care: Context, Quality, Correlates,
and Consequences. Handbook of Child Psychology.
 Scarr, S. (1998). American child care today. American Psychologist, 53(2),
1998, 95-108.
Debate 5: Out-of-home care is bad for children.
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Session 11
Early Childhood Education Policy. The Ontario policy landscape.
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With our best future in mind: Implementing Early Learning in Ontario,
Charles Pascal.
Available Online at:
http://www.ontario.ca/ontprodconsume/groups/content/@gopsp/@initiative/doc
uments/document/ont06_018899.pdf
Guest Speaker: Brooke Fletcher, understanding quality in early childhood
education settings.
Deabate 6: Certified teachers should staff early childhood education classrooms
Session 12
Poster Session.
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