The role of social cognition in children's social maladjustment

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The role of social cognition on the social adjustment of children is reviewed. Different models concerning childhood maladjustment are analyzed. The structural-developmental approach uses the model of interpersonal understanding of behavior. On the other hand, the functional approach highlights the interpersonal cognitive problem-solving model. Both models showed that maladjusted children exhibit immature thinking as compared to the well-adjusted ones although some children manifest immaturity only during problematic or difficult situations. Limitations of both studies were discussed.

Social aspects, Child development, Adjustment (Psychology) in children, Childhood adjustment

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Age-related changes in children's orientations toward strategic peer interaction: implications for social perception and behavior

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Children focus more on affective properties when young and as they grow up their social interactions are based more on strategic factors. Studies show that first graders evaluate an ingratiator's behavior positively even when aware of ulterior motives and recognizing ingratiation's value in getting desired outcomes. The changes in children's psychological mechanism in their strategic peer orientations can be due to their social cognitive schemata, and the constraining influence of elders on their social understanding.

Observations, Peer pressure, Age (Psychology), Age differences (Psychology), Social skills in children, Children's social skills

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Not all self-affirmations were created equal: the cognitive and social benefits of affirming the intrinsic (vs. extrinsic) self.

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The three studies investigating whether affirming the self intrinsically would reduce defensive concerns and improve cognitive and social functioning in evaluative contexts are presented. The studies focused on how an intrinsic self-affirmation, relative to an extrinsic self-affirmation, can have beneficial effects on academically oriented cognitive tasks that are threatening to the self.

Analysis, Case studies, Self-realization, Self realization, Self-actualization (Psychology), Intrinsic motivation

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