Development of Self and Social Understanding
Factors Influencing Self-Perceptions
- Children base their self-perceptions on past behaviors.
- Other factors that influence a child's sense of self: adults, peers and social groups.
Sense of Self & Purpose
Ethnicity & Culture
- Children develop knowledge, beliefs, judgements, and feelings about themselves
-Helps children find niche in the world, a place where they feel capable, cared for, and respected.
- Children absorb information they hear from parents and caregivers about there different ethnic affiliations.
- By kindergarten and first grade children start to be more aware that their background is different from their classmates.
- Positive and negative
Enhancing Child's Sense of Self
Gender
Activity
- Communicate a genuine interest in the child's well being
- Give a warm greeting at the beginning of the day
- Compliment children on a special talent, new skill or exceptional effort
- Ask children to talk about important events in their lives
- Be a good listener
~ By an early age children already know the differences between a "boy" and a "girl."
~ Biology, the environment, and ones brain all play a role in the diversion of 'male' and 'female' for children going through puberty.