Of the following, which group initially has the most influence on ...

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Of the following, which group initially has the most influence on social development?
 
  a. Peers
  b. Siblings
  c. Parents
  d. Other adults, such as extended family

Question 2

Describe four guidelines that teachers can use in their attempts to promote psychosocial and self-concept development in their students. Provide an example of each.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[amy.lauersdorf90]

Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

The following are guidelines that teachers can use to promote psychosocial and self-concept development: (1) Support autonomy and initiative in your students, such as both publically and privately praising students for their autonomy and for taking initiative; (2) maintain high expectations and provide students with evidence of increasing competence, such as making comments directly to students and writing comments on papers describing how much they're improving in their work; (3) create a safe and caring learning community in your classroom, such as establishing and enforcing rules that promote order and require students to treat each other with respect; and create learning activities in which students can succeed on task they perceive as challenging; and