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SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

DR.ARULSELVI V

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF EDUCATION

SRI SARADA COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, (AUTONOMOUS)

SALEM

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DEFINITIONS

Hurlock , “Social development means the attaining of maturity in social relationships.

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Social development is the process of learning to conform to group standards, mores and traditions and becoming imbued with a sense of oneness, inter-communication, and co-operation.

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Social development : Infancy (0-2 years)

  • Self-fish, ego-centred
  • Play materials to playmates
  • Early stage of social behaviour: imitation, timidity, shyness, rivalry and desire for possession

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Childhood (2-6 years)

  • Positive and negative social behaviours: negativism, rivalry, quarrelling, teasing, bullying, sympathy, social approval, co-operation.
  • Social awareness
  • Independence from his parents, teachers, elders
  • Active member of peer group
  • Group with own sex- habits, interests, attitudes.
  • Gang age-loyalties to gang.

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Adolescence

  • Sex consciousness, sexual development, attraction for opposite sex
  • Group loyalty, cooperation
  • Friendly relationship
  • Intense emotions, highly sensitive, idealist, social reformers
  • Specific interests, social contacts-sex education

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Social maturity

  • Mix up with people
  • Not self-centered
  • Ability for sharing and shouldering responsibilities
  • Make proper decisions and actions
  • Role model
  • Cooperative
  • Social interest and participation
  • Conform to norms, mores, social codes, ethics
  • Desire to serve for society
  • Greater degree for adaptability and adjustability

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SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE

“Social intelligence is an combined measure of self and social awareness, evolved social beliefs and attitudes, and a capacity and appetite to manage complex social change.”- Ross Honeywill.

Social intelligence is the ability to understand and manage men and women and girls, to act wisely in human relations.- Edward Thorndike (1920)

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A person’s competence to understand his/her environment optimally and react appropriately for socially successful conduct- Sean Foleno

potential to understand other person’s feelings, temperaments, effective social behaviour, ability to empathize, and understanding for nonverbal cues during interaction.

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Silvera et al. (2001) 3 components:

  • Social information processing- It shows an individual’s capacity of managing distressed emotional conditions like anxiety, and the potential to manage social situations responsible for it.
  • Social awareness- It reflects the ability of an individual to be aware about other person’s feelings, emotions, and needs. This insight, is then helpful to build a healthy connection with others.
  • Social skills- Theses are ability to deal with social situations effectively. Only those people, who are good at social skills, know when and where to show emotions and feelings (Nwkah and Ahizu, 2009).

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Social Skills

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Social skills as the interaction between a person and his/her environment and the ability to begin and sustain interpersonal relationships. -Phillips

Social skills as socially acceptable learned behaviors that enable a person to interact with others in ways that elicit positive responses and assist in avoiding negative responses- Gresham and Elliott

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Erickson’s theory of Psycho-social development

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Self awareness-Johari window

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��Listening Circles�

  • Where would you travel if you could go anywhere in the world?
  • What makes you feel happiest?
  • If you were an animal, which one would you be?
  • Who do you look up to the most and why?
  • When you grow up, what do you want to be?

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