Social Development
DEFINITION
◦ Learning to relate to others
Social Development
Socialization
 How to get along well in society
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Friendship, family, co-workers, peers
Social Development
Process of socialization begins at birth and
continues throughout life
 Social skills such as taking turns and
listening are essential for academic
success
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Social Development
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Social Learning
◦ Contact with people
◦ Imitation
◦ Understanding of social expectations
Social Development
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Relating to Family Members
◦ Parent-Child Relationships
◦ Sibling Relationships
◦ Extended Family Relationships
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Relating to Peers
◦ Friendship
◦ Concerns:
 Teasing
 Bullying
 Peer Pressure
 Rejection
 Groups and Cliques
Social Development
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Relating to Adults Outside the Family
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Teachers
Counselors
Babysitters
Mentors
Coaches
Friends of family
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Teaching Social Skills
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Taking Turns and Sharing
Using Good Manners
Cooperation
Handling Competition
Resolving Conflicts
Overcoming Shyness
Becoming Assertive
Social Development
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Create a MANNERS poster that could
possibly hang in a preschool classroom
◦ Teach children about manners
Teaching Manners
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Appreciating Diversity
◦ Stereotypes
◦ Cultural Bias
◦ Combating Prejudice
Social Development
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What factors could affect
Social Development?
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Feral Children
 Something to think about…
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STn3b
pTTU6c&feature=related
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Social Development
DEVELOPMENAL MILESTONES
Infants
 Cries, smiles, kicks, coos, laughs to
attract social attention
 Responds to person-to-person contact
with adults and children
 Pays attention to his/her own name
Social Development
DEVELOPMENAL MILESTONES
1 Year Old
 Responds to simple commands by adult
 Engages in social laughter
 Beginning to become independent
 Cooperates by helping to put things away
Social Development
DEVELOPMENAL MILESTONES
2 Years Old
 Participates in simple group activity singing, dancing
 Mother continues to be very important to
child
 Knows gender identity
Social Development
DEVELOPMENAL MILESTONES
3 Years Old
 Friends becoming more interesting than
adults
 Shares toys, takes turns with assistance
 Uses "I, me, you"
 Associative group play begins
Social Development
DEVELOPMENAL MILESTONES
4 Years Old
 Plays and interacts with other children
 Improving in turn-taking and cooperating
 Understands social problem solving
 Developing self-responsibility; enjoys
doing things for self
Social Development
DEVELOPMENAL MILESTONES
5 Years Old
 Wants to do what is expected
 Respects reasonable authority
 Engages with other children in cooperative
play; fair play
 Chooses own friends; friendships change
rapidly
 Engages with other children in role
assignments
Social Development
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“The only way to have a friend is to be
one”
 Ralph Waldo Emerson
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