1. Copyright © 2007 Allyn & Bacon Mayer’s Personality: A Systems Approach PART 4: PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENTCHAPTER 11: PERSONALITY DEV… Personality Development in Childhood and Adolescence This multimedia product and its contents are protected under copyright law. The following are prohibited by law: any public performance or display, including transmission of any image over a network; preparation of any derivative work, including the extraction, in whole or in part, of any image; any rental, lease, or lending of the program.

2. Copyright © 2007 Allyn & Bacon Mayer’s Personality: A Systems Approach PART 4: PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENTCHAPTER 11: PERSONALITY DEV… Purpose To explain the idea of personality development To describe the progression of personality development from infancy to adolescence including –Influences on development –Outcomes of development

3. Copyright © 2007 Allyn & Bacon Mayer’s Personality: A Systems Approach PART 4: PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENTCHAPTER 11: PERSONALITY DEV… Developmental Concepts Erik H. Erikson’s Stage Theory of Development Development is psychosocial: The person develops along paths expected by society –Early development is in the home. –Development as a youth must meet the expectations of schools and community groups Cross-sectional vs. longitudinal research

4. Copyright © 2007 Allyn & Bacon Mayer’s Personality: A Systems Approach PART 4: PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENTCHAPTER 11: PERSONALITY DEV… The Infant’s Challenge Buzzing, blooming confusion? Not hardly Set up for social contact –Facial recognition virtually from birth –6-10 weeks: Social smile –Attachment system begins Issues of Infant Temperament

5. Copyright © 2007 Allyn & Bacon Mayer’s Personality: A Systems Approach PART 4: PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENTCHAPTER 11: PERSONALITY DEV… The Young Child Advances in self-concept Changes in temperament Influences of parenting Birth order issues Peer groups and gender

6. Copyright © 2007 Allyn & Bacon Mayer’s Personality: A Systems Approach PART 4: PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENTCHAPTER 11: PERSONALITY DEV… Middle Childhood A focus on industry and life tasks The emergence of personality traits Friendship patterns established

7. Copyright © 2007 Allyn & Bacon Mayer’s Personality: A Systems Approach PART 4: PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENTCHAPTER 11: PERSONALITY DEV… Adolescence Begins with the sexual maturation of puberty Search for identity Onset of sexual desire and further development of sexual identity Different resolutions of the identity search

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