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Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood

1. Explain Erik Erikson's stage of initiative versus guilt and offer examples of desirable and undesirable outcomes.

2. Young children's self-descriptions are typically unrealistically positive. Why is this?

3. Define self-conscious emotions and provide two examples. What are the two criteria necessary for children to experience self-conscious emotions?

4. What are some of the differences between emotion-coaching and emotion-dismissing parents? What is an example of each?

5. Name and briefly describe the two stages of moral reasoning in children as identified by Jean Piaget. Explain how these stages are similar and different from Kohlberg's pre-conventional stage.

6. Name and briefly describe the three major social theories of gender. Is gender better evaluated or studied on a continuum? Was there a gender preference in your country of study?

7. Cultures around the world tend to give mothers and fathers different roles in parenting. Describe the different socializing strategies that mothers, and fathers use in raising their children in the country that you investigated.

8. In your opinion, what is an appropriate story or book to tell or read to children that will foster and encourage moral development? Explain why you have selected this story or book.

9. Should parents stay in an unhappy or conflicted marriage for the sake of their children? Why or why not?

10. Select one of the types of child maltreatment, explain it and how and when it typically occurs. Then, explain the developmental consequences of the type of maltreatment that you have selected.