AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Howes Peer Play Scale assumes that one aspect of chil-dren’s social competence with peers is the ability to engage in progressively more structurally complex play interactions with peers.

Detailed explanation-2: -Peer relationships provide a unique context in which children learn a range of critical social emotional skills, such as empathy, cooperation, and problem-solving strategies. Peer relationships can also contribute negatively to social emotional development through bullying, exclusion, and deviant peer processes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Factors such as physical attractiveness, cultural traits, and disabilities affect the level of peer acceptance, with a child’s degree of social competence being the best predictor of peer acceptance.

Detailed explanation-4: -When children play or interact with their peers, they are learning about social behavior. When children play or interact with their peers, they are learning more about social behavior, including how to express themselves, how to take turns, and how to apply empathy when dealing with others.