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Pattern of Social Development

The document discusses patterns of social development in children including cooperation around ages 6-7, ascendant behavior which is any behavior used to maintain control of a social situation, selfishness being determined by age and family socioeconomic status, the importance of social approval for behavior, and sympathy which involves being affected by and helping with the emotional states of others from around ages 6-7 onwards.
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Pattern of Social Development

The document discusses patterns of social development in children including cooperation around ages 6-7, ascendant behavior which is any behavior used to maintain control of a social situation, selfishness being determined by age and family socioeconomic status, the importance of social approval for behavior, and sympathy which involves being affected by and helping with the emotional states of others from around ages 6-7 onwards.
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Pattern of Social Development

6. Cooperation – it is usually at six or


seven years that a child can
understand cooperation with the
group.

7. Ascendant behavior – is “any kind


behavior by which an individual
attains or maintains mastery of a
social situation, or attempts to do so,
so he is control of his own act and
carry out his purpose”.
8. Selfishness – selfishness or
unselfishness is determined by the age of
the child and the socio-economic condition
of the family.

9. Social approval – absence of social


approval causes the child to be unhappy
and behave in socially unacceptable way.
10. Sympathy – sympathy is a form social
behavior in which a child is affected by the
emotional states that another individual,
whether it be adult or child experiences.
Sympathetic responses cosist of
helping others; attempting to remove the
cause of distress; comforting others by
pats, hugs and kisses.
Unsympathetic responses consist of
laughing, using the situation to play his
own role, attacking a child in distress, or
merely staring.

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