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Understanding Social Interaction Development in Children

Explore the impact of altruism and aggression in social interactions as children develop, influenced by genetics, parental modeling, and media portrayals. Discover how behaviors evolve with age and moral development, from selfless concern to hostile intent.

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Understanding Social Interaction Development in Children

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  1. Developmental Psychology Unit Social-Interaction Development

  2. Social-Interaction Development Social interaction behaviors are broken down into one of two categories: • Altruism - selfless concern for the welfare of others that leads to a helping behavior. • More often seen in females • Increases as we get older • Aggression - any behavior that is intended to hurt someone, either physically or verbally.

  3. Social-Interaction Development • The amount of aggressive behaviors tends to be related to age and moral development in most children. • Aggressive behaviors tend to decrease as we get older.

  4. Social-Interaction Development Aggressive behavior is broken down into two types: • Instrumental aggression - intended to achieve some goal such as retrieving a toy. • Most common in young children. • Hostile aggression - intended solely to hurt another. • Can be physical or verbal.

  5. Social-Interaction Development With the increase of age, we see a trend of less physical aggression and more verbal aggression. • Altruism & Aggression seem to be influenced by: • Genetic predisposition • Parental modeling • Most influential, as shown by research • We do what we see, not what we are told • Portrayals of role models in the mass media • TV, movies, video games, books, internet, etc.

  6. Social-Interaction Development • Children watch an estimated 3 ½ hours of TV a day • Children’s shows average 25 incidents of violence an hour. • It is estimated that the typical child has vicariously witnessed 15,000 television murders by age 16. • CSI, Psych, House, Law & Order, etc.

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