Social and Emotional Precocity
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The child whose social and emotional maturity outstrips his or her
cognitive, linguistic, and physical development is most likely female,
an only or an eldest child, and/or has grown up among significantly
older individuals (Herer & Mayseless, 2000; Suitor & Pillemer, 2007).
For these children especially, experience and social necessity work in
tandem to foster advances of empathy, perspective taking, impulse
control, and personal responsibility. This type of de´calage is illustrated
in Figure 7.6b.
Precocious social and emotional development can have its benefits.
Especially among girls, these children tend to be leaders and popular
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