Social and personality development

Abstract

Introduction. Psychoanalytic theory and modern biological perspectives. Social-learning theory. Cognitive-developmental theory. Early social and emotional development I: emotional growth and the establishment of affectional ties. Early social and emotional development II: implications for future development. The self, social cognition, and sociability. Achievement. Aggression. Altruism and prosocial development. Moral development. Sex differences and sex-role development. The family. Extrafamilial influences.