It allows the ability to understand other people's beliefs, desires, and intentions as well as their perspectives.

5 types of understanding that children master between 2-6 typically develop in early childhood and mature with the child throughout their life. There are variations among individuals.

The theory is for social interaction, communication, as well as empathy. Allows individuals to understand thoughts and emotions of others.

Children start to understand that people have different thoughts based on experiences and perspectives.

Children begin to develop a basic understanding of false beliefs, and others may have beliefs as well

Children begin to understand that people will mistake missing items if moved

These are people who base things on their own opinion even if it isn't correct

This contradicts real life and current knowledge

The experiment was used to assess the Theory of Mind in children. Mainly in their understanding of false beliefs.

Assess children on whether they understand that others can hold beliefs that are wrong even if they believe it is correct.

Mastery of False Belief comes around 4 years old

Based on various aspects of social and cognitive development as well as insights of children and their understanding of others' brains.

Influence peer relationships

Cliques and crowds create groups that influence peer relationships

This could shape people's identities, perception of others and themselves, and cause alternative values. This would be aimed at aligning with the group.

Cliques create peer pressure on members

Being in cliques can influence one person's friendships, romantic relationships, and cause conflicts

Crucial role in social development and allows for students to learn and cooperate with others even through conflicts

Children's foundation will come from their parents as that is the earliest attachment they have. This will be their guide with other students.

Allows exposure to different lifestyles, cultures, and give the understanding of empathy.

Positive peer relationships lead to positive outcomes in adulthood especially in mental health.

There can also be a downside as this can lead to peer pressure, exclusion, and conflict. Negative peer relationships deteriorate emotions, self-esteem, and happiness.

Allow for emotional support and a sense of belonging, this being essential for social and emotional development.

These children interact with their friends which helps with the growth of communication, empathy, and talking from someone else's perspective.

Friendships allow children to learn that they can settle conflicts with care, negotiate, and create compromises. This will help grow a positive relationships and outcome.

This will allow for emotional attachment and intimacy; this will grow emotional development through self-disclosure

Partners allow for emotional support and validation. This companionship allows for the coping of stress, well-being, as well as communication.

Relationships play a role in identity and self-concept influence. Relationships allow for a sense of balance and being able to have the needs of both parties trying to be met.

Perceiving other's intentions as negative even though they may not be

This can negatively impact social development by creating an influence on interpersonal relationships and social interactions

Providing false information that may mislead others with the protection of themselves. This may be to avoid consequences or to obtain an advantage

By 4 children can start lying

Promoting honesty can help social development and the relationships that come from it

Lying can raise morale in certain considerations yet diminishes integrity, and trustworthiness which are needed for social development.

Erik Erikson's Psychosocial Development Theory: 8 stage of physical development each being characterized by a crisis or conflict that must be resolved.

Lev Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory: Emphasized the role of social interactions with cultural context and language

Education through play encourages active engagement and participation. Promotes social interaction, communication and collaboration.

Some children may not be able to play at home, so play in school allows for them to have fun.

Play lets children express their emotions and learn to regulate them. This will help promote emotional intelligence as children will have to learn how to play together.

Playing activities create imagination within the children and learn social roles and create relationships with other students. They get to do this in a safe environment

Now with the growth in ADHD, kids are able to learn better through play rather than sitting.

Gives children the opportunity to interact with others with no structure. This creates cooperation, relationship-building, and socialization

This allows for a break for the children away from school giving children the recharge and reduced stress they need.

Recess allows for physical health as well as promotes social development and improves mood.

Recess allows students to try and find leadership roles.

Begins in children as they are put into gender roles and expectations from family, media, and society

Having friends of the same gender is normal in elementary school

Inclusive practices allow for mixed-gender meetings in activities and the classroom. Not allowing this can lead to gender segregation if not promoted correctly.

Bullies who are popular with good social skills that try to use their peers

Bullies with popularity but okay social skills

Unpopular with no social skills. Most likely have Hostile Attribution Bias

Bullies are usually insecure and make others feel bad for their benefit

Some are bullies because of their home life

Bullying hurts social development. It causes emotional distress, low self-esteem, and social isolation

Cyber Bullying has become an effective use for bullies as they can use technology to bully. This has become way more used as people think it's easier behind the screen.

Two kinds of bullying: Verbal and Physical

Bullying ruins relationships and creates a hostile and unsafe community. This makes it hard for children to stay positive and want to connect with peers

Social development involves emotional awareness with recognition of one's emotions

Freud Psychoanalytic traditional play has been used to express a child's inner emotions

Children will create false realities in their heads to try and give themselves a sense of control

Freud's theory is the foundation for the play theory. Freud believed that children's playing would be a reflection of their inner feelings and thoughts. Through play, the children would express themselves and work through their emotions

Diverse Desires: people may like and want other things

Diverse Beliefs: different people can hold different beliefs over the same things

Knowledge Access: people who see something know about it, those who don't, never see it

False Belief: People do things based on what they think even if they are wrong

Hidden Emotion: People can hide emotion behind facial expressions