Day Care & Social Development

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A Levels PSYA1 (Attachment) Mind Map on Day Care & Social Development, created by kathrynlouise on 25/04/2014.
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Day Care & Social Development
  1. PEER RELATIONS
    1. Field (1991)
      1. 56 American 11 Year Olds
        1. Population Validity
        2. All started full time daycare before age of 2
          1. Good quality but why in daycare?
          2. Videotaped to assess for assertiveness, affection & playfulness
            1. Subjective
              1. Demand Characteristics
                1. Ethics
                  1. Extraneous Variables
                  2. Teachers given questionnaire
                    1. PROBLEMS
                      1. Don't know children well enough
                        1. Ethics
                          1. Self-fulfilling prophecy
                            1. Validity?
                          2. FINDINGS
                            1. Going to daycare
                              1. More attractive & popular
                                1. Higher self-esteem
                                  1. Less aggressive
                                    1. Better leadership & assertiveness skills
                                    2. More experience with other children in good quality daycare leads to development of greater social skills
                                  2. Vandell (1988)
                                    1. Studied children at 4 & 8 years old
                                      1. Covert Observation
                                        1. Subjective
                                          1. Ethics
                                          2. FINDINGS
                                            1. Compared to children from poor quality daycare, children in high quality daycare showed consistently more friendly interactions & fewer unfriendly interactions
                                              1. Suggests, if quality of daycare is good, then peer relations can be good
                                        2. AGRESSION
                                          1. NICHD Study
                                            1. Longitudinal study in America of over 1000 children
                                              1. Population Validity
                                              2. Assessed for aggressive behaviour
                                                1. First by parents then by teachers & carers
                                                  1. Bias
                                                    1. Subjective
                                                  2. More time spent in daycare = more aggression
                                                  3. Belsky
                                                    1. Teachers & Mothers asked to rate how aggressive children were
                                                      1. More time spent in daycare = more aggression
                                                    2. EVALUATION
                                                      1. STRENGTHS
                                                        1. Correlational
                                                          1. Ethical way of collecting data
                                                            1. No manipulation
                                                          2. Practical Applications
                                                          3. LIMITATIONS
                                                            1. Correlational
                                                              1. Variables impacting on child
                                                                1. Hock et al
                                                                  1. Reported that aggressive & difficult children are more likely to be placed in daycare, as their parents require a break
                                                                    1. Poor home environment / Low maternal sensitivity
                                                                      1. Cannot draw cause & effect conclusions
                                                                  2. Difficult to operationalise variables
                                                                    1. Field & Dilallo
                                                                      1. Field measured sociability in terms of number of friends a child has
                                                                        1. Dilallo measured how co-operative & helpful children were
                                                                          1. Studies often reach contradictory conclusions
                                                                            1. Field - More time in daycare = more friends
                                                                              1. Dilallo - More time in daycare = less co-operative & helpful in relations with other children
                                                                          2. Relies on ratings & observations by parents
                                                                            1. Bias
                                                                              1. Subjective/Objective
                                                                          3. Good Daycare?
                                                                            1. 1. Low staff turnover
                                                                              1. Children form relationships with staff
                                                                              2. 2. High ratio of caregivers to children
                                                                                1. Allow interaction
                                                                                2. 3. Child form relationships with more than one caregiver in case of staff illness
                                                                                  1. 4. Stimulating language & play
                                                                                    1. 5. Nursery routines good & consistent
                                                                                      1. 6.Qualified staff
                                                                                        1. Sensitive & Responsive to child's needs
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