1. Psychosocial Development in Early Childhood
Chapter 8
Psychosocial Development in Early Childhood

2. The Family in Development
What are the different types of families today?

3. Parents & Their Children
What affects parenting?
Parent’s characteristics
Child’s characteristics
Context

4. How would each parenting style react to a child with a messy room?
Parenting Behavior
Authoritarian
Permissive
Authoritative
Uninvolved
How would each parenting style react to a child with a messy room?

5. Siblings & Development

6. Children of Divorce
Divorce consists of a sequence of events that often create behavioral and psychological problems in children.

7. Nonparental Child Care
Au Pairs
Nannies
Day Cares

8. Developmental Outcomes of Day Care
Depend on quality & quantity of daycare…
HIGH QUALITY/MEDIUM QUANTITY
Advanced social development
More considerate
More compliant
Independent
Higher IQ
Better language abilities
Advanced motor functions
LOW QUALITY/HIGH QUANTITY
Less secure attachment
Reduced ability to work independently
Ineffective use of time in Kindergarten
Increased behavior problems
Lower compliance

9. The Self Emerges

10. Gender Development Explanations Biological Social Learning Theory
Cognitive Development
Gender Schema
Psychoanalytic-Identification

11. Acquiring Gender Identity
FAMILY
PEERS
MEDIA

12. The Importance of Play 6 Categories of Play Unoccupied Play
Solitary Play
Onlooker Play
Parallel Play
Associative Play
Cooperative Play

13. Developmental Aspects of Play
Cognitive
Social
Emotional
Hide & Seek-2 yr. old style
Play sleeping
Tetherball