Question

Think back to your experience in grades 1-6 and using the theories of Erikson, Piaget, Vygotsky, Bandura, and Kohlberg answer the following questions:: How would you describe your social competence as a young child? Did it change over middle childhood? Were you a high or a low status child then? Did you play predominantly with high or low status children? Were you popular? Think of a popular child in your school and an unpopular child (first names only). Describe the popular child. Make sure you consider the characteristics that contributed to this child's popularity. How do these characteristics compare with popular child characteristics you read about in your text? Describe the unpopular child. Make sure you consider the characteristics that contributed to this child's unpopular status. How do this child's characteristics compare with unpopular child characteristics you read about in your text?

Answer 1

How would you describe your social competence as a young child?

Social competence refers to a person's ability to get along with other people. in my case i have bad amount of social competence. social competence is seen through the following characters like positivity , showing interest in others ,showing sympathy or empathy ,no feeling of lonely etc.

Did it change over middle childhood?

during middlehood social comeptence had increased gradually due greater to peer interaction. latter on i Can easily set up non verbal communication with others like smiling, nodding, laughing . i become effective member of many groups in school. being leader of the class has help me to deal with many type of people.

Were you a high or a low status child then? Did you play predominantly with high or low status children?

i enjoy a middle status in school and my friends were mostly from middle status and i have few high status and low status friends also .

Make sure you consider the characteristics that contributed to this child's popularity. How do these characteristics compare with popular child characteristics you read about in your text?

the popular child shares same characteristics as mentioned in the texts like :

they have great empathy towards others , they can use emotions very well , very helpful , very confident , very much active in all school activites and in class studies as well , very caring, respectful to elders , maintain great freindships , couteous , admmiring and inspirational .