Familial Influences on Children's Social Development

Familial Influences on Children's Social Development
Current theories and research on social development, peer relations, and behavior. Familial/parenting effects as moderated by beliefs, genetics, gender, social cognitions, culture, child guidance, interventions.
MFHD
511
 Hours3.0 Credit, 3.0 Lecture, 0.0 Lab
 PrerequisitesSFL 331 or higher.
 TaughtContact Department
Course Outcomes

Theory Understanding

· Increase your knowledge of normal, age-related behavior of children, particularly with regard to peer relations (i.e. acceptance and friendship).

· Increase your knowledge of multi-cultural environmental differences.

· Increased your perspective of how to create effective parent-child, teacher-child, and teacher-parent environments for promoting social competence in children.

Research Analysis

· Develop a better understanding of research methods specific to this area of research.

Research Analysis

· Develop a theoretical base for integration of discipline techniques and child guidance practices.