Life Span Development II: School age and Adolescence 3 (2+1)
Lesson 8 : Socio-Emotional Development during Late childhood
Learning socially appropriate roles
In every culture, there are certain accepted forms of behavior. As the child grows up within the society, he picks up only those behaviors patterns that are acceptable to his society. Socialization is defined as the process by which the society trains its children/individuals to behave in accepted ways.
Prosocial behavior: which are positive behaviours that help group cohesiveness such as helping, sharing, cooperating etc.
Unsocial behavior: which is negative behaviour which cause disturbances in group harmony. The chief example of this is aggression.
Ways of inculcating positive social behavior:
Exposing the child to situations which require child’s help and co-operation.
Reward the child with verbal praise or a reward for his good behavior.
Providing opportunity to exhibit positive behavior.
Narrating simple, meaningful stories and songs with good morals so that the child understands the importance of sharing, helping and cooperation.
Allowing the child to participate in simple moral episodes or dramatic play to learn the positive social behavior.
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