ABSTRACT
This chapter considers each item in the social development scale. It presents the examples of the actual behaviour of nursery school children are given, together with a few snap-shot illustrations. The scoring of various examples of behaviour is given for each item for the purpose of greater clarity. New-comers in the nursery school will often speak more readily to an adult than to a child, especially if they have not played much with children before. Apparently, aggressive behaviour on the part of a newcomer to a group of pre-school children is really a definite stage in social development, and is usually followed by obviously sociable behaviour. The child's social ego or self seems to expand to include the little playmates. Some children seem to be much more sympathetic than others—that is, they appear moved or affected by another's distress.
